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Limnephilidae

Limnephilidae
Glyphopsyche sequatchie
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Superfamily: Limnephiloidea
Family: Limnephilidae
Kolenati, 1848
Subfamilies

Dicosmoecinae
Drusinae
Limnephilinae
Pseudostenophylacinae
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Limnephilidae is a family of caddisflies with about 100 genera. They belong to the main lineage of case-constructing caddisflies, the Integripalpia or tube-case caddisflies. The Limnephilidae is one of the most species-rich Trichoptera families of northern temperate regions, but only a few are known from tropical areas and the Southern Hemisphere. For this reason they are often known as northern caddisflies.


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