Insecta - Lepidoptera

Full reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264

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

See also Heer 1849 and Sohn et al. 2012

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

Subtaxa: Bombycites buchii Bombycites oeningensis

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Type: Bombycites oeningensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection) (Miocene of Germany)

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