Lepidostoma (Little Plain Brown Sedges) Caddisfly Larva Pictures

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Lepidostomatidae (Little Brown-Green Sedges)

» Genus Lepidostoma (Little Plain Brown Sedges)

This one got a little bit damaged in the abdomen when I extracted it from its case. That's a delicate job.

This caddisfly was collected from the Catskills on May 6th, 2007 and added to Troutnut.com on May 18th, 2007.

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Recent Discussions of this Larva

Caddis ID 1 Reply »

Posted by DMM on May 18, 2007

Last reply on Dec 22, 2007 by Creno

It may be Lepidostoma. It appears to be lacking a dorsal hump, and the genus is quite large. The cases can be highly variable and can be made of sand or organic materials.

Reply Perhaps Platycentropus 1 Reply »

Posted by Taxon on May 18, 2007

Last reply on May 18, 2007 by Troutnut

Based on the case, I would think Platycentropus. Can you see if it has prosternal horns extending beyond the head capsule to mentum of labium? See Merrit p. 375 Figure 18.191.

Reply Cased caddis needs an ID

Posted by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

My pictures of this one aren't great so I'd rather not try to actually follow a key through for it... any of you caddis guys just recognize it? It's a pretty distinctive case.

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