†Agraylea (Nanoagraylea) cretaria Botosaneanu 1995 (micro caddis fly)
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Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae
Full reference: L. Botosaneanu. 1995. Caddis flies (Trichoptera) from Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Amber of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates 3140:1-7
Belongs to Agraylea (Nanoagraylea) according to L. Botosaneanu 1995
Sister taxon: Agraylea (Nanoagraylea) parva
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-86, 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)
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