Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida
Date of this Version
September 1998
Abstract
The caddisfly genus Phylocentropus includes 7 extant species globally, of which 5 occur in eastern North America and 2 in eastern Asia. Larvae of the 3 most common North American species [Phylocentropus carolinus Carpenter, P. lucidus (Hagen), and P. placidus (Banks)] were associated with identifiable adults and diagnostic characters are described. Larvae of these 3 species may be distinguished by overall length of mature larvae, head color pattern, and number of spines on the hind tibiae. Larvae of other species of this genus are unknown.
Comments
Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 12, No. 3-4, September-December, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Sturkie and Morse.
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