ammonites
Hydroptila phileos Cockerell 1921 (microcaddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260

Belongs to Hydroptila according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 66553, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body 3.50 x 1.00, forewing 3.90 x 1.00, hindwing 3.00 x 0.90