Phylledestes

Phylledestes is an extinct genus of butterfly from the Miocene shales of Florissant, Colorado.[1] It contains only one species, Phylledestes vorax, described from a fossil larva. Its family and superfamily placement is uncertain,[2] though it has been proposed to belong to the family Noctuidae of the superfamily Noctuoidea.[1]

Phylledestes Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Genus:	†Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907
Type species
†Phylledestes vorax Cockerell, 1907

See also

• Prehistoric Lepidoptera
• Prehistoric insects
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

References

1. Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 355.
2. Butterflies and Moths of the World. "Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 . Can. Ent. 39 : 188". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

Further reading

• Cockerell, T. D. A. (1913). "The fauna of the Florissant, Colorado, shales". American Journal of Science. s4-36 (215): 498–500. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-36.215.498. ISSN 0002-9599.
• Kristensen, Niels P. (1998). Handbuch Der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology: Eine Naturgeschichte Der Stamme Des Tierreiches/a Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom, Evolution, ... and Biology Lepidoptera, (German ed.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-015704-7.