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Caddisflies was the only group of these insects to use silk as part of their lifestyle, which has been a contributing factor to their success and why they are the most species-rich order of aquatic insects. [8] About 14,500 species of caddisfly in 45 families have been recognised worldwide, [9] but many more
Enoicyla pusilla also known as the land caddis and the terrestrial caddis is a species of caddisfly in the family Limnephilidae. The genus Enoicyla is unique among caddisflies because the larvae are terrestrial, living in leaf litter .
The Polycentropodidae are a family of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies. There are at least 30 genera and 720 described species in Polycentropodidae. [1] [2] [3] The type genus for Polycentropodidae is Polycentropus J. Curtis, 1835. [4] The larvae of this family construct complex silken tubes in which to live.
Hydroptila apalachicola is a species of microcaddisfly. It is only known from three adult males collected from cold spring -fed streams in the Apalachicola National Forest , Florida . This is a tiny brown caddisfly up to 3.2 mm in length and can only be distinguished from its closest relatives by minute differences in the structure of the tenth ...
Cartwright, D.I. (2008) A review of the Australian species of Ecnomina Kimmins and Daternomina Neboiss (Trichoptera) Zootaxa 1774, Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5326; Dean, J.C. (2004) Identification keys to Australian families and genera of caddis-fly larvae (Trichoptera). Identification guide no. 50. Cooperative Research for Freshwater Ecology ...
Limnephilidae is a family of caddisflies with about 100 genera.They belong to the main lineage of case-constructing caddisflies, the Integripalpia or tube-case caddisflies. . The Limnephilidae is one of the most species-rich Trichoptera families of northern temperate regions, but only a few are known from tropical areas and the Southern Hemisphe
Limnephilus flavicornis is a species of caddisfly in the family Limnephilidae. [1] Its larvae , which can be found in lakes, ponds and puddles, creates a case from organic materials as a method of camouflage and protection.
Ochrotrichia apalachicola is a species of microcaddisfly. It is only known from a single adult male collected from a cold spring-fed stream in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida. This is a tiny brown caddisfly up to 3.4 mm in length and can only be distinguished from its closest relatives by minute differences in the genitalia.