Thousands of scales cover the moth body and wings like shingles on a roof, arranged in rows and anchored in a socket. Image taken using a x100 optical microscope from the Université de Qu&eacute ...

The find may fill a crucial gap in the fossil record of Lepidoptera. Prior physical evidence of these insects only extended back to 201 million years ago, leaving a 40-million-year gap in ...

Examples of fossilized Lepidoptera scales: The oldest wing and body scales of primitive moths from the Schandelah-1 core photographed with transmitted light (magnification 630x). The scales are part ...

Examples of the oldest wing and body scales of primitive moths from the Schandelah-1 core photographed with transmitted light (magnification 630x). The scales are part of palynological ...