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Superfamily Phryganeoidea

Lepidostomatidae, genus Lepidostoma - Lepidostoma Apatania? - Brachycentrus Banksiola Moth ? - Phryganea sayi IMG_6968 - Banksiola dossuaria Brown-streaked caddisfly Pennsylvania Caddisfly - Lepidostoma Phryganeoidea
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Integripalpia
Infraorder Plenitentoria
Superfamily Phryganeoidea
Numbers
135 spp. in 17 genera of 3 families in our area, >710 spp. in ~50 genera of 7 families worldwide(1)(2)(3)
Range
all 3 families represented in NA have holarctic + Oriental distributions and encompass between them 94% of the global fauna of the superfamily; of the remaining 4 tiny families 2 are Australian, one Afrotropical, and one E. Asian(3)