Leptocerus

Leptocerus
Leptocerus interruptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Leptoceridae
Genus:	Leptocerus Leach in Brewster, 1815
Diversity
at least 140 species

Leptocerus is a genus of long-horned caddisflies in the family Leptoceridae. There are more than 140 described species in Leptocerus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Leptocerus tineiformis

Larvae construct protective cases that differ between species.

See also

• List of Leptocerus species

References

1. "Leptocerus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Leptocerus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Leptocerus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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. 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 Leptocerus at Wikimedia Commons