Coelolepida

For the class of extinct jawless fishes formerly called coelolepids, see Thelodonti. For the extinct family of thelodont vertebrate agnathans, see Coelolepidae.

Coelolepida is a clade of insects in the lepidopteran order, containing the infraorders Acanthoctesia, Lophocoronina, Neopseustina, Exoporia and Heteroneura, with the latter three grouped in clade Myoglossata.^[3][4]

Coelolepida Temporal range: Mid Early Cretaceous – present[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
Clade:	Coelolepida Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996[2]
Subdivisions
Infraorder Acanthoctesia Infraorder Lophocoronina Clade Myoglossata Infraorder Neopseustina Clade Neolepidoptera Infraorder Exoporia Infraorder Heteroneura

Coelolepida comprise all non-eriocraniid Glossata.^[5] They have scales on their wings and on the first thoracic spiracle.^[5] They do not have ocelli.^[5]

Fossils of Coelolepida have been found in the mid Early Cretaceous period.^[1]

See also

• Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera#Suborder Glossata