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Leptoceridae

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Leptoceridae

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Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderTrichoptera
  5. FamilyLeptoceridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded496,293

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,311
With media
5
Family
Leptoceridae
Collections
GMNH, UAM, UCM
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Leptoceroidea
Image
Leptocerus.interruptus.wing.detail.jpg
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taxon rank
family
taxon name
Leptoceridae
Commons category
Leptoceridae
topic's main category
Category:Leptoceridae
taxon common name
Long-horned Caddisflies
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Larvae
  • Swimming
  • Ecology
  • Pupae
  • Adults
  • Description
  • Courtship and reproduction
  • Parasitism
  • Genera
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Ceraclea dissimilis thumb|Triaenodes

The family Leptoceridae are a family of caddisflies often called "long-horned caddisflies" or "silverhorns". Leptoceridae is the second largest family of caddisflies with over 1850 species in approximately 68 genera. The main identifying feature of most Leptoceridae is that their antennae are much longer than those of other caddisflies. There is one genus with relatively short antennae (Ceraclea), but it is easily identified by the pair of dark curved lines on the mesonotum.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leptoceridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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