Caddisfly Species Hesperophylax designatus (Silver Striped Sedge)
Taxonomic Navigation -?-
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
» Family Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)
» Genus Hesperophylax (Silver Striped Sedges)
» Species designatus (Silver Striped Sedge)
Common Names
| Match | Common Name |
 | Silver Striped Sedge |
 | Northern Caddisfly |
Where & When
Regions: East, Midwest, West
This species is abundant nationwide. It was once considered to be an East/Midwest species, but a widespread western species Hesperophylax incisus is now considered to be a synonym (Synonym: A former name of a taxon, usually a species. Entomologists frequently discover that two insects originally described as different species are one in the same, and they drop one of the names. The dropped name is said to be a synonym of the remaining name. These changes take a while to trickle into the common knowledge of anglers; for example, Baetis vagans is now a synonym of Baetis tricaudatus.) of designatus.
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