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
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Phylledestes
Cockerell, 1907
Type species
Phylledestes vorax
Cockerell, 1907

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References

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  1. ^ a b Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 355. ISBN 9783110157048.
  2. ^ Butterflies and Moths of the World (2023). "Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 . Can. Ent. 39 : 188". The Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

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