Oecetis is a genus of long-horned caddisflies in the family Leptoceridae. There are at least 450 described species in Oecetis.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Family: | Leptoceridae |
| Genus: | Oecetis McLachlan, 1877 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 410 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Larvae
editOecetis larvae live at the bottom of both lakes and streams.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Oecetis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Oecetis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Oecetis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Wiggins, G. (2014). Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera) (2 ed.). Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-4426-5506-5.
Further reading
edit- Merritt, Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412.
- Houghton, D. C.; DeWalt, R. E.; Pytel, A. J.; Brandin, C. M.; et al. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys (730): 57–74. Bibcode:2018ZooK..730...57H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. PMC 5799788. PMID 29416396.
- Wiggins, Glenn B. (1996). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1442655065.
External links
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