Archaeolepis

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Archaeolepis mane
Scientific classification
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Archaeolepidae
Genus:
Archaeolepis

Whalley, 1985
Species:
A. mane
Binomial name
Archaeolepis mane
Whalley, 1985

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Archaeolepis mane is the earliest known Lepidopteran fossil. It dates from the Lower Jurassic (ca 190 million years ago) and according to Grimaldi & Engel (2005)[1] a recent re-examination of the specimen has given additional support to its ordinal placement. The fossil consists of a pair of wings with scales that are characteristically similar to the wing venation pattern found in Trichoptera (caddisflies).

The fossil was found in Dorset in the United Kingdom.

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