Coelolepida
Coelolepida is a clade of insects in the lepidopteran order, containing the infraorders Acanthoctesia and Lophocoronina.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Clade: | Coelolepida |
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Coelolepida comprise all non-eriocraniid Glossata.[2] They have scales on their wings and on the first thoracic spiracle.[2] They do not have ocelli.[2]
Fossils of Coelolepida have been found in the mid Early Cretaceous period.[3]
References
- Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (2011). Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Auckland, N.Z.: Magnolia Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1. OCLC 772474689.
- Kristensen, Niels P. (1998-12-31), "5. The Homoneurous Glossata", Band 4: Arthropoda, 2 Hälfte: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Teilband/Part 35, Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography, DE GRUYTER, pp. 51–64, doi:10.1515/9783110804744.51, ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8, retrieved 2021-07-20
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- "Coelolepida". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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