Oecetis

Oecetis
Scientific classification
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

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

See also

• List of Oecetis species

References

1. "Oecetis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Oecetis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Oecetis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. 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

• 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. Bibcode:2018ZooK..730...57H. 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 Oecetis at Wikimedia Commons