Stigmellites

Stigmellites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	†Stigmellites Kernbach, 1967
Species
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Stigmellites is a genus of Lepidopteran fossils. It is only known from trace fossils of leaf mines.

Species

• Stigmellites araliae (Fric, 1882) was described from a fossil mine in an Araliaceae species. It was found in the Czech Republic.
• Stigmellites baltica (Kozlov, 1988) was described from a fossil mine in Baltic amber dated to the Eocene
• Stigmellites carpini-orientalis Straus, 1977 was described from a fossil mine in Carpinus orientalis fossilis species dated to the Pliocene. It was found in Hessen, Germany.
• Stigmellites heringi Kernbach, 1967 was described from a fossil mine in a Berberis species dated to the Pliocene. It was found in Hessen, Germany.
• Stigmellites kzyldzharica (Kozlov, 1988) was described from a fossil mine in a Platanus species. It was found in Kazakhstan.
• Stigmellites messelensis Straus, 1976 was described from a fossil mine dated to the Eocene. It was found in Messel, Germany.
• Stigmellites pliotityrella Kernbach, 1967 was described from a fossil mine in Fagus silvatica dated to the Pliocene. It was found in Hessen, Germany.
• Stigmellites samsonovi Kozlov, 1988 was described from a fossil mine in Trochodendroides arctica. It was found in Kazakhstan.
• Stigmellites serpentina (Kozlov, 1988) was described from a fossil mine in Trochodendroides arctica. It was found in Kazakhstan.
• Stigmellites sharovi (Kozlov, 1988) was described from a fossil mine in Trochodendroides arctica. It was found in Kazakhstan.
• Stigmellites tyshchenkoi (Kozlov, 1988) was described from a fossil mine in Platanus latior. It was found in Kazakhstan.
• Stigmellites zelkovae Straus, 1977 was described from a fossil mine in a Zelkova species dated to the Pliocene. It was found in Hessen, Germany.

External links

• Image of Stigmellites samsonovi mine on leptree.net^{[permanent dead link]}
• Stigmellites at the Paleobiology Database

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