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Genus Lepidostoma

Representative Images

Bizarre Caddisfly - Lepidostoma caddisfly - Lepidostoma togatum - female Lepidostomatidae, genus Lepidostoma - Lepidostoma Lepidostoma caddis - Lepidostoma - male caddisfly larva - Lepidostoma caddisfly - Lepidostoma - female caddisfly - Lepidostoma - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Integripalpia
Infraorder Plenitentoria
Superfamily Phryganeoidea
Family Lepidostomatidae (Bizarre Caddisflies)
Genus Lepidostoma

Explanation of Names

Lepidostoma Rambur 1842
From Greek lepis (λεπις)- "scale" + stoma (στομα)- "mouth". Rambur noted that the genus was similar to Trichostoma, but could be distinguished by (among other things) the scales on part of the mouthparts.

Numbers

71 nearctic species, according to the Trichoptera World Checklist

Remarks

our only representative of the subfam. Lepidostomatinae Ulmer 1903
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 June, 2007 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2014 - 11:01pm

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