Insecta - Lepidoptera

Full reference: K. Kernbach. 1967. Über die bisher im Pliozän von Willershausen gefundenen Schmetterlings und Raupenreste. Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 111:103-106

Parent taxon: Lepidoptera according to M. Heikkilä et al. 2023

See also Carpenter 1992 and Sohn et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Agathiphagoidea, Aglossata, Altha, Angiospermivora, Archaeolepiidae, Ascololepidopterigidae, Bombycites, Chionaemopsis, Cyphanta, Diurni, Eolepidopterigina, Eucosmia, Gallerites, Heterobathmiina, Karataunia, Micropterigoidea, Monotrysia, Nocturni, Paleolepidopterites, Paralepidoptera, Petisca, Phalaena, Phylledestes, Pyralites, Schaefferia, Zalepidoptera, Zeugloptera

Subtaxa: Sphingidites weidneri

view classification

Type: Sphingidites weidneri

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection) (Pliocene of Germany)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.