Baltimartyria

Name: Baltimartyria.
Phonetic: Bal-te-mar-te-re-ah.
Named By: A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Skalski‭ ‬-‭ ‬1995.
Synonyms: Micropterix proavitella,‭ ‬Sabatinca proavitella.
Classification: Arthropoda,‭ ‬Insecta,‭ ‬Lepidoptera,‭ ‬Micropterigidae.
Species: B.‭ ‬proavitella,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬rasnitsyni.
Diet: Herbivore/Detritivore/nectar gatherer.
Size: Body length of B.‭ ‬rasnitsyni‭ ‬3‭ ‬millimetres,‭ ‬forewing length‭ ‬4‭ ‬millimetres.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Priabonian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Complete fossil specimens preserved in amber.

       Baltimartyria is a genus of moth that lived in Russia during the Eocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬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.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Skalski‭ ‬-‭ ‬1995.
-‭ ‬On the systematic position of Baltimartyria Skalski,‭ ‬1995‭ ‬and description of a new species from Baltic amber‭ (‬Lepidoptera,‭ ‬Micropterigidae‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬ZooKeys‭ ‬130:‭ ‬331‭–‬342.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Wolfram Wolfram‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.

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