†Stigmellites fossilis von Heyden 1862 (moth)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nepticulidae
Alternative combination: Nepticula fossilis
Full reference: C. von Heyden. 1862. Gliederthiere aus der Braunkohle des Niederrhein's, der Wetterau und der Röhn. Palaeontographica 10:62-82
Belongs to Stigmellites according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also Scudder 1885 and von Heyden 1862
Sister taxa: Stigmellites araliae, Stigmellites baltica, Stigmellites heringi, Stigmellites kzyldzharica, Stigmellites pliotityrellus, Stigmellites samsonovi, Stigmellites serpentina, Stigmellites sharovi, Stigmellites tyshchenkoi
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Salzhausen (Miocene of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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