Hesperophylax

Hesperophylax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Limnephilidae
Subfamily:	Limnephilinae
Tribe:	Limnephilini
Genus:	Hesperophylax Banks, 1916

Hesperophylax is a genus of northern caddisflies in the family Limnephilidae. There are about seven described species in Hesperophylax.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Hesperophylax:

• Hesperophylax alaskensis (Banks, 1908)
• Hesperophylax consimilis (Banks, 1900)
• Hesperophylax designatus (Walker, 1852) (silver-striped sedge)
• Hesperophylax magnus Banks, 1918
• Hesperophylax mexico Parker & Wiggins, 1985
• Hesperophylax minutus Ling, 1938
• Hesperophylax occidentalis (Banks, 1908)

References

1. "Hesperophylax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Hesperophylax". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "Hesperophylax genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
4. Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• 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. 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

• Media related to Hesperophylax at Wikimedia Commons