fossil noctuid moth egg from the late cretaceous of eastern North America

A moth egg assignable to the family Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) is described from 75-million-year-old sediments from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. This sample, which extends the fossil record of this family and modern heteroneuran moths back to the Cretaceous, may provide insight into the coevo...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1983-02, Vol.219 (4584), p.507-509
Main Authors: Gall, L.F, Tiffney, B.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angiosperms
Bats
Corn earworm
Eggs
Fossil insects
Fossils
Heliothis
Insect eggs
Insect larvae
Massachusetts
Moths
Noctuidae
Paleontology
Pollination
Sediments
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Summary:A moth egg assignable to the family Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) is described from 75-million-year-old sediments from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. This sample, which extends the fossil record of this family and modern heteroneuran moths back to the Cretaceous, may provide insight into the coevolution of moths and flowering plants, as well as have implications for the evolution of bats.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.219.4584.507