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]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Clade: Coelolepida
Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996[2]
Subdivisions

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]

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  2. ^ Coelolepida in the Paleobiology Database
  3. ^ 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.
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  5. ^ a b c 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