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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Phryganeoidea » Bizarre Caddisflies (Lepidostomatidae) » Lepidostoma
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case bearing Trichoptera - Lepidostoma
Copyright © 2013 Joe

case bearing Trichoptera - Lepidostoma
Keller, Ferry County, Washington, USA
July 15, 2011
Size: 5.5 mm
The integument on this specimen was extremely thin and delicate. As I teased off the flat pieces of plant material from the thorax and anterior abdominal segments, the specimen was damaged. The anterior half of the case was composed of these flat pieces of plant material (some of it lies beside the specimen in the image). The posterior half was composed of mineral grains. I wasn't able to see if there were abdominal humps since the first abdominal segment was damaged.
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Contributed by Joe on 7 June, 2013 - 6:47pm
Last updated 20 March, 2014 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Integripalpia.
… Joe, 20 March, 2014 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Possibly
Possibly an early instar Lepidostoma. Similar to (1).
… Mark Melton, 20 March, 2014 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Lepidostoma is what I eventually was able to key the specimen to, so this checks out.
Thanks.
… Joe, 20 March, 2014 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

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