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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Glossosomatoidea » Saddle Case-Maker Caddisflies (Glossosomatidae) » Protoptilinae » Protoptila
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micro caddisflies? - Protoptila - male - female
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

micro caddisflies? - Protoptila - Male Female
Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
July 28, 2009
Size: ~3mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 July, 2009 - 11:16pm
Last updated 26 October, 2009 - 8:48pm

Moved
Moved from Caddisflies.
… tom murray, 10 August, 2009 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Another possibility
Rather than something in Hydroptilidae, I think these might be Protoptila (Glossosomatidae, subfamily Protoptilinae). Sometimes called "pseudo-microcaddisflies," they are so similar to hydroptilids in size and appearance that they were originally classified in that family or even in the genus Hydroptila. The dark brown wing with a transverse bar of whitish setae along the cord and a few small whitish spots toward the margin is the common appearance of most species in this genus and also of some other protoptiline species (like Culoptila).
… Lloyd Gonzales, 1 August, 2009 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

from Ed Mockford: "almost sure that they are Hydroptilidae"
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 31 July, 2009 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

not sure about order
Lepidopsocidae was my first impression... Did you keep them for Don? take other shots? i can't make out some suggestive details, like heads & legs. Or even tell whether they sit on bark or rock...
… v belov, 30 July, 2009 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't collect these
And this is the only picture I got. They were on the side of a tree trunk at eye level.
… tom murray, 30 July, 2009 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
the plot kinda thikens...
i've already sent this to Ed Mockford anyway -- let's wait for his verdict
… v belov, 30 July, 2009 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

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