HYDROPTILIDAE
(Micro-caddis Flies)

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Allotrichia pallicornis
a caddisfly
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 		Species 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHYDROPTILIDAE (Micro-caddis Flies)
SuborderSPICIPALPIA (primitive caddis flies)
OrderTRICHOPTERA (caddis flies, caddisflies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Marshal, J.E. 1978 Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, Part 14(a), 31pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

HYDROPTILIDAE (Micro-caddis Flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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