Stigmellites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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-orientalisStraus, 1977 was described from a fossil mine in Carpinus orientalis fossilis species dated to the Pliocene. It was found in Hessen, Germany.
• Stigmellites heringiKernbach, 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 messelensisStraus, 1976 was described from a fossil mine dated to the Eocene. It was found in Messel, Germany.
• Stigmellites pliotityrellaKernbach, 1967 was described from a fossil mine in Fagus silvatica dated to the Pliocene. It was found in Hessen, Germany.
• Stigmellites samsonoviKozlov, 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 zelkovaeStraus, 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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