Phryganea labefacta Scudder 1890 (large caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Phryganeidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Phryganea according to I. D. Sukatsheva 2016

See also Cockerell 1907, Cockerell 1913 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Phryganea aquensis, Phryganea arenifera, Phryganea arkharica, Phryganea dubia, Phryganea egregia, Phryganea elegans, Phryganea elegantula, Phryganea fossilis, Phryganea grandis, Phryganea hyperborea, Phryganea kryshtofovichi, Phryganea latissima, Phryganea lavrushini, Phryganea lithophila, Phryganea longirostris, Phryganea meunieri, Phryganea miocenica, Phryganea nigripennis, Phryganea obsoleta, Phryganea parschlugiana, Phryganea picea, Phryganea singularis, Phryganea spokanensis, Phryganea submersa, Phryganea ulmeri, Phryganea wickhami

Type specimen: MCZ 338, a forewing. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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