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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Phryganeoidea » Giant Casemaker Caddisflies (Phryganeidae) » Ptilostomis
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Caddisfly - Ptilostomis
Copyright © 2012 Tony DeSantis

Caddisfly - Ptilostomis
Dismal Swamp State Park, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
May 13, 2012
Can this be Ptilostomis ocellifera? Attracted to lights.
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Contributed by Tony DeSantis on 12 July, 2012 - 8:18pm
Last updated 28 January, 2022 - 1:00pm

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… v belov, 28 January, 2022 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Ptilostomis
Ptilostomis
… Vladislav Grigorenko, 18 January, 2022 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

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Moved
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… Tony DeSantis, 14 July, 2012 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

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… Tony DeSantis, 14 July, 2012 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

I suspect
this is one of the Ptilostomis. I don't know the Pycnopsyche that well but the color pattern is typical of some Ptilostomis. The large ocelli and basally thickened antennae, and what I can see of the discoidal venation are more typical of phryganeids than limnephilids. If you have a more lateral photo of the wing venation we may be able to be sure which family it is in. Otherwise, without the specimen I cannot speculate much more.
… Dave Ruiter, 14 July, 2012 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your input!
Unfortunately, this was the only photo I obtained. I'll just have to find more.
… Tony DeSantis, 14 July, 2012 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I wouldn't
put it in a family - like I said - I was speculating. That is not a good reason to place to family.
… Dave Ruiter, 14 July, 2012 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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… Tony DeSantis, 13 July, 2012 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

Limnephilidae: Pycnopsyche sp
Limnephilidae: Pycnopsyche sp.
… Ian Stocks, 13 July, 2012 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

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