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Oecetis

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Oecetis
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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]
  • Oecetina Banks, 1899

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]

Larvae

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Oecetis larvae live at the bottom of both lakes and streams.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Oecetis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Oecetis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ 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

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  • Media related to Oecetis at Wikimedia Commons