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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Archaeolepis, Auliepterix, Baltimartyria, Bombycites, Daiopterix, Dominickus, Doritites bosniackii, Elachistites, Eolepidopterigoidea, Eolepidopterix, Epiborkhausenites, Eriocranites, Gallerites, Glendotricha, Gracilepteryx, Gracillariites, Hydriomena? protrita, Incurvarites, Karataunia, Lithodryas, Lithopsyche, Mesokristensenia, Micropterix anglica, Micropterix gertraudae, Micropterix immensipalpa, Mioclanis, Moleropterix, Neurosymploca? oligocenica, Oiophassus, Palaeolepidopterix, Palaeosabatinca, Pamphilites, Parasabatinca, Phylledestes, Praepapilio, Prehistoric Lepidoptera, Prodryas, Prohepialus, Prolyonetia, Prophalonia, Protohepialus, Protolepis, Psamateia, Pterophorus oligocenus, Sabatinca perveta, Sphingidites, Stauropolia, Stigmellites, Thaites, Tortrix? destructus, Tortrix? florissantana, Undopterix, Voltinia dramba, Xena (moth). Excerpt: Prehistoric Lepidoptera are both butterflies and moths that lived before recorded history. The fossil record for Lepidoptera is lacking in comparison to other winged species, and tending not to be as common as some other insects in the habitats that are most conducive to fossilization, such as lakes and ponds, and their juvenile stage has only the head capsule as a hard part that might be preserved. The location and abundance of the most common moth species are indicative that mass migrations of moths occurred over the Palaeogene North Sea, which is why there is a serious lack of moth fossils. Yet there are fossils, some preserved in amber and some in very fine sediments. Leaf mines are also seen in fossil leaves, although the interpretation of them is tricky. Putative fossil stem group representatives of Amphiesmenoptera (the clade comprising Trichoptera and Lepidoptera) are known from the Triassic. The earliest known fossil lepidopteran are three wings of Archaeolepis...
