Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae

Full reference: A. W. Skalski. 1995. Study on the Lepidoptera from fossil resins. Part XI. Baltimartyria, a new genus for Micropteryx proavittella Rebel, 1936, with redescription of this species (Lepidoptera, Zeugloptera, Micropterigidae). Amber & Fossils 1:26-37

Parent taxon: Micropterigidae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012

See also Mey 2011 and Skalski 1995

Sister taxa: Archmosaicus, Auliepterix, Bitterfeldopterix, Electrocrania, Klausnitzerellus, Micropterix, Moleropterix, Palaeosabatinca, Parasabatinca, Sabatinca, Saxomicropterix, Terncladus, Wichardius

Subtaxa: Baltimartyria proavittella Baltimartyria rasnitsyni

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Zoological Museum, Humboldt Univ Berlin (ZHMB MfN) Collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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