†Limnephilus eocenicus Cockerell 1921 (caddisfly)
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Insecta - Trichoptera - Limnephilidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260
Belongs to Limnephilus according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: Limnephilus antiquastepposus, Limnephilus kaspievi, Limnephilus kudiensis, Limnephilus metakaspievi, Limnephilus parakaspievi, Limnephilus recultus, Limnephilus valliculacerasinus
Type specimen: USNM 66552, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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