Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Annulipalpia » Psychomyioidea » Net Tube Caddisflies (Psychomyiidae) » Lype » Lype diversa
Photo#52961
small dark Caddisfly - Lype diversa
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

small dark Caddisfly - Lype diversa
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 19, 2006
Size: 5.5mm
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by tom murray on 19 May, 2006 - 10:08pm
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 8:23am

Lloyd
It looks pretty close to the picture of the other species of Lype you attached. Here's a little larger photo on my website. Maybe that'll show the details better for a more confident identification.
… tom murray, 5 October, 2008 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Tom
Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything in the enlarged version that helped to significantly prove or disprove my hunch.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 5 October, 2008 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Lype(?)
This is a hunch based on general appearance rather than anything definitive that I can find in the photo. (Useful confirming details like spurs, palps, and venation are all unclear.) If the genus is correct, the species is diversa. Size, collection date, leg color, and the pale streaks on the dark wings are all suggestive of this species. The only image I can offer in support is of a similar Palearctic species, Lype phaeopa (here).
… Lloyd Gonzales, 3 October, 2008 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

*duplicate comment deleted
*
… Lloyd Gonzales, 3 October, 2008 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact