Hydropsychidae | |
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Hydropsyche pellucidula | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Trichoptera |
Suborder: | Annulipalpia |
Superfamily: | Hydropsychoidea |
Family: | Hydropsychidae Curtis, 1835 |
Subfamilies | |
The Hydropsychidae are a family-level taxon consisting of net-spinning caddisflies. Hydropsychids are common among much of the world's streams, and a few species occupy the shorelines of freshwater lakes.[1] Larvae of the hydropsychids construct nets at the open ends of their dwellings which are responsible for their "net-spinning caddisfly" common name.