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Extinct genus of insects

Oregramma
Temporal range: 125–122 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Oregramma illecebrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: †Kalligrammatidae
Subfamily: †Oregrammatinae
Genus: †Oregramma
Ren 2003
Species

Oregramma is a genus of "butterfly mimicking" lacewing in the extinct family Kalligrammatidae. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. It likely fed on pollen and plant juices, unlike modern lacewings, most of which are carnivorous.

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Oregramma".
  2. Ren, Dong (2003). "Two new Late Jurassic genera of kalligrammatids from Beipiao, Liaoning (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 28: 105–109. doi:10.1603/008.102.0606.
  3. Yang, Q.; Wang, Y.; Labandeira, C.C.; Shih, C.; Ren, D. (2014). "Mesozoic lacewings from China provide phylogenetic insight into evolution of the Kalligrammatidae (Neuroptera)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14: 126. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-126. PMC 4113026. PMID 24912379.
  4. Labandeira, C. C. (2010). "The pollination of Mid Mesozoic seed plants and the early history of long-proboscid insects". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 97 (4): 469–513. doi:10.3417/2010037. S2CID 85767259.
  5. University of Minnesota Extension. "Lacewing".
Taxon identifiers
Oregramma


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