Oregramma

Oregramma Temporal range: 125–122  Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Oregramma illecebrosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	† Kalligrammatidae
Subfamily:	† Oregrammatinae
Genus:	† Oregramma Ren 2003 [2]
Species
Oregramma illecebrosa Oregramma gloriosa Oregramma aureolusa

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. ^[3] It likely fed on pollen and plant juices, unlike modern lacewings, most of which are carnivorous. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Fossilworks: Oregramma".
2. Ren, Dong (January 2003). "Two new Late Jurassic genera of kalligrammatids from Beipiao, Liaoning (Neuroptera, Kalligrammatidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 28 (1): 105–109.
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 (1) 126. Bibcode:2014BMCEE..14..126Y. 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. Bibcode:2010AnMBG..97..469L. doi:10.3417/2010037. S2CID   85767259.
5. University of Minnesota Extension. "Lacewing".