†Hydroptila phileos Cockerell 1921 (microcaddisfly)
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Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae
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 Hydroptila according to J. E. Marshall 1979
See also Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 66553, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw
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