Lepidostoma

Lepidostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Lepidostomatidae
Genus:	Lepidostoma Rambur, 1842
Synonyms
Alepomyia Banks, 1908 Alepomyiodes Sibley, 1926 Arcadopsyche Banks, 1930 Atomyia Banks, 1905 Jenortha Milne, 1936 Mormomyia Banks, 1907 Neuropsyche Carpenter, 1933 Nosopus McLachlan, 1871 Notiopsyche Banks, 1905 Olemira Banks, 1897 Oligopsyche Carpenter, 1933 Phanopsyche Banks, 1911 Pristosilo Banks, 1899

Lepidostoma is a genus of bizarre caddisflies in the family Lepidostomatidae. There are at least 130 described species in Lepidostoma.

The type species for Lepidostoma is Lepidostoma squamulosum P. Rambur.

See also

• List of Lepidostoma species

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776.
• Merritt, Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America (3rd ed.). Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412.
• Wiggins, Glenn B. (1996). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). ISBN 978-1442655065.

External links

• Media related to Lepidostoma at Wikimedia Commons