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Superfamily Leptoceroidea

Unknown Bug - Mystacides sepulchralis Bug or Beetle - Mystacides Long-horned Caddisfly? - Oecetis Psilotreta frontalis Oecetis - Oecetis inconspicua - female Oecetis cinerascens - female In faint hope for an ID, I submit one incredibly gorgeous caddisfly. - Nectopsyche unknown - Oecetis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Integripalpia
Infraorder Brevitentoria
Superfamily Leptoceroidea
Explanation of Names
~150 spp. in ~20 genera of 4 families in our area, >80 genera of 7 families worldwide(1)(2)