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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Brevitentoria » Leptoceroidea » Long-horned Caddisflies (Leptoceridae)

Family Leptoceridae - Long-horned Caddisflies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range
caddisfly Caddisfly - Nectopsyche plain red-brown longhorn sedge - Oecetis inconspicua Trichoptera - Oecetis cinerascens Trichoptera - Oecetis Triaenodes Ceraclea? - Ceraclea Nectopsyche albida? - Nectopsyche
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Integripalpia
Infraorder Brevitentoria
Superfamily Leptoceroidea
Family Leptoceridae (Long-horned Caddisflies)
Explanation of Names
Leptoceridae Leach 1815
Size
adult body 5-17 mm
Range
throughout North America
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 February, 2005 - 1:23pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, Abigail Parker
Last updated 22 July, 2024 - 7:19am

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