Insecta - Trichoptera - Philopotamidae
Full reference: L. Botosaneanu. 1995. Caddis flies (Trichoptera) from Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Amber of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates 3140:1-7
Belongs to Wormaldia according to L. Botosaneanu 1995
Sister taxa: Wormaldia advenaria, Wormaldia aequalis, Wormaldia angularia, Wormaldia cercifurcata, Wormaldia cercilonga, Wormaldia congenera, Wormaldia contigua, Wormaldia cretacea, Wormaldia denticulata, Wormaldia diplobifurca, Wormaldia longaeva, Wormaldia media, Wormaldia myanmari, Wormaldia nasticentia, Wormaldia pheromonia, Wormaldia pobeda, Wormaldia praemissa, Wormaldia resina, Wormaldia squamosa, Wormaldia sukatshevae, Wormaldia transversa, Wormaldia vlipla
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-87A, an exoskeleton (forewing). Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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