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
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907
Type species
†Phylledestes vorax Cockerell, 1907

See also

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