FIGURE 32. Comparison of the number of Neotropical Nepticulidae species recorded in lowland tropical habitats (below 1,000 m) and montane habitats (above 1,000 m), highlighting the Andean Stigmella nivea Remeikis & Stonis (Stonis et al. 2016) as a species discovered at record-high altitudes globally. Notes: The total number of Nepticulidae species in the Neotropical region (sensu stricto; see Stonis et al. 2016) is calculated as 191 species, comprising 57 from lowland tropical humid forest habitats, 34 from other lowland habitats, and 100 recorded from montane habitats. This illustrative representation of Neotropical ecosystem diversity, conceptualized by J. R. Stonis, is stylized and idealized, without aiming for precise depiction of the actual components (ecosystems or habitats) of the Neotropical biota

Published as part of Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius & Orlovskytė, Svetlana, 2025, Dvidulopsis gen. nov., a rare Neotropical genus of pygmy moths (Nepticulidae) endemic to lowland humid forests, a biome of conservation priority, pp. 583-599 in Zootaxa 5609 (4) on page 596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/15215526