diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/interceptors/advisor.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/interceptors/advisor.py
index adf96db61c2..6f732db1548 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/interceptors/advisor.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/interceptors/advisor.py
@@ -376,17 +376,11 @@ def _inject_max_uses_error(
 
 
 def _resolve_advisor_router(advisor_model: str) -> "Router | None":
-    """Return the proxy router when it can resolve ``advisor_model``.
+    """Return the proxy router when it serves ``advisor_model`` directly or via a wildcard.
 
-    The advisor sub-call must honor the proxy's ``model_list`` (and its
-    fallbacks / credentials) exactly like a direct call to that model group
-    would. Without this, provider resolution falls back to the bare model
-    name, which for a ``claude-*`` advisor model means the public Anthropic
-    API, bypassing the configured deployment entirely.
-
-    Returns ``None`` for SDK callers (no proxy router) and for advisor models
-    the router doesn't know about, so those keep resolving through
-    ``litellm.anthropic_messages()`` provider inference.
+    Returns ``None`` for SDK callers (no proxy router) and for advisor models the router
+    doesn't know about, so those keep resolving through ``litellm.anthropic_messages()``
+    provider inference.
     """
     try:
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import llm_router
@@ -394,11 +388,7 @@ def _resolve_advisor_router(advisor_model: str) -> "Router | None":
         return None
     if llm_router is None:
         return None
-    if llm_router.get_model_list(model_name=advisor_model):
-        return llm_router
-    if llm_router.model_group_alias and advisor_model in llm_router.model_group_alias:
-        return llm_router
-    if llm_router.pattern_router.route(advisor_model) is not None:
+    if llm_router.is_recognized_model(advisor_model) or llm_router.pattern_router.route(advisor_model):
         return llm_router
     return None
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/test_advisor_orchestration.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/test_advisor_orchestration.py
index bcb1843f408..019eb4355c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/test_advisor_orchestration.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/test_advisor_orchestration.py
@@ -1050,7 +1050,9 @@ async def test_executor_failure_is_not_tagged():
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-def _router_with_advisor_deployment(recorder, advisor_model="claude-opus-4-8"):
+def _router_with_advisor_deployment(
+    recorder, advisor_model="claude-opus-4-8", deployment_model=None, model_group_alias=None
+):
     """Build a Router whose only deployment is the advisor model on Foundry.
 
     The recorder replaces ``litellm.anthropic_messages`` before construction
@@ -1066,12 +1068,13 @@ def _router_with_advisor_deployment(recorder, advisor_model="claude-opus-4-8"):
                 {
                     "model_name": advisor_model,
                     "litellm_params": {
-                        "model": f"azure_ai/{advisor_model}",
+                        "model": deployment_model or f"azure_ai/{advisor_model}",
                         "api_base": "http://127.0.0.1:1/foundry",
                         "api_key": "fake-foundry-key",
                     },
                 }
             ],
+            model_group_alias=model_group_alias,
             num_retries=0,
         )
 
@@ -1125,6 +1128,66 @@ async def test_advisor_sub_call_routes_through_proxy_router():
     assert "Final answer." in result["content"][0]["text"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("router_kwargs", "advisor_model"),
+    [
+        pytest.param({"model_group_alias": {"advisor": "claude-opus-4-8"}}, "advisor", id="model_group_alias"),
+        pytest.param(
+            {"advisor_model": "azure_ai/*", "deployment_model": "azure_ai/*"},
+            "azure_ai/claude-opus-4-8",
+            id="wildcard",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_advisor_sub_call_routes_through_router_for_alias_and_wildcard(router_kwargs, advisor_model):
+    """Alias and wildcard advisor models resolve through the router like exact model_list matches."""
+    import litellm.proxy.proxy_server as proxy_server
+    from litellm.llms.anthropic.experimental_pass_through.messages.interceptors.advisor import (
+        AdvisorOrchestrationHandler,
+    )
+
+    router_calls = []
+
+    async def recorder(**kwargs):
+        router_calls.append(kwargs)
+        return _make_text_response("Use trial division.", model="claude-opus-4-8")
+
+    router = _router_with_advisor_deployment(recorder, **router_kwargs)
+
+    call_count = 0
+
+    async def mock_call(model, messages, tools, stream, max_tokens, **kwargs):
+        nonlocal call_count
+        call_count += 1
+        if call_count == 1:
+            return _make_advisor_tool_use_response()
+        return _make_text_response("Final answer.")
+
+    with (
+        patch(
+            "litellm.llms.anthropic.experimental_pass_through.messages.interceptors.advisor._call_messages_handler",
+            side_effect=mock_call,
+        ),
+        patch.object(proxy_server, "llm_router", router),
+    ):
+        h = AdvisorOrchestrationHandler()
+        await h.handle(
+            model="executor-model",
+            messages=MESSAGES,
+            tools=[{**ADVISOR_TOOL, "model": advisor_model}],
+            stream=False,
+            max_tokens=512,
+            custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+        )
+
+    assert call_count == 2
+    assert len(router_calls) == 1
+    assert router_calls[0]["model"] == "azure_ai/claude-opus-4-8"
+    assert router_calls[0]["api_base"] == "http://127.0.0.1:1/foundry"
+    assert router_calls[0]["api_key"] == "fake-foundry-key"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_advisor_sub_call_bypasses_router_for_unconfigured_model():
     """An advisor model the router doesn't know about keeps the SDK-level path."""