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Genus Dicosmoecus - October Caddisflies

Caddisfly Larva - Dicosmoecus Dicosmoecus gilvipes - Dicosmoecus Giant Orange Sedge (Dicosmoecus?) - Dicosmoecus atripes - male Giant Orange Sedge (Dicosmoecus?) - Dicosmoecus atripes - male Giant Orange Sedge (Dicosmoecus?) - Dicosmoecus atripes - male waiting for ID  - Dicosmoecus October caddis larvae in a the EFSF Trask River - Dicosmoecus October caddis - Dicosmoecus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Integripalpia
Infraorder Plenitentoria
Superfamily Limnephiloidea
Family Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)
Subfamily Dicosmoecinae
Genus Dicosmoecus (October Caddisflies)
Explanation of Names
Dicosmoecus McLachlan 1875
Numbers
~6 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
widespread in the Palaearctic & nw. NA(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Genera of the Trichoptera of Canada and Adjoining or Adjacent United States
F. Schmid. 1998. NRC Research Press.