Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nepticulidae
Alternative combination: Stigmellites balticus
Full reference: M. V. Kozlov. 1988. Paleontologiya cheshukerylykh i voprosy filogenii otrayada Papilionida. Melovoy Biotsenoticheskiy Krizis i Evolyutsiya Nasekomykh 16-69
Belongs to Stigmellites according to C. Doorenweerd et al. 2015
See also Kozlov 1988
Sister taxa: Stigmellites araliae, Stigmellites fossilis, Stigmellites heringi, Stigmellites kzyldzharica, Stigmellites pliotityrellus, Stigmellites samsonovi, Stigmellites serpentina, Stigmellites sharovi, Stigmellites tyshchenkoi
Type specimen: Sadilenko 15-1-4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, K. M. Sadilenko Collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, K. M. Sadilenko Collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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