Helicopsychidae
Anal claw
lakes, often in rather deep water.
tolerate very warm water, 34 degrees celsius
Lepidostomatidae
Antenna close to the eye.
Larvae detritivores and are found among detritus
most species inhabit cold streams or springs
univoltine, with spatial or temporal separation of different species.
Leptoceridae
long antennae and elongate metathoracic legs.
stouter cases that are often cornucopia-shaped.
vegetation and sand, or pure silk, and many species are adapted for swimming.
stouter cases that are often cornucopia-shaped.
few feed exclusively on freshwater sponges.
Limnephilidae
Case construction in this large and diverse family varies widely
All have a prosternal horn and antennae that are located about
larvae can be found on vegetation, rocks, or detritus, or in gravel, sand, or soft sediments. halfway between each eye and mandible
uni and semivoltine
Types of trichoptera cases
Pseudostenophy: mineral case
Limnephiius : gather shells from snails weak case
Molannidae
sand cases with lateral flanges and a hood over the anterior opening.
long metathoracic legs with either very short or threadlike claws.
Here they feed on algae, vascular plants, or even invertebrates.
Most species are probably univoltine.
Odontoceridae
The cases are hard and difficult to crush
larvae lack a prosternal horn and have their eyes located close to the mandibles.
protrochantin is small and not hook-shaped
Larvae are shredders of leaves or detritivores
predatory on other invertebrates
in the north and univoltine in the south.
Phryganeidae
They make Long cases
They abandon their cases
of prominent prosternal horn and lack significant sclerotization
eat their way into large pieces of well-conditioned wood.
vegetation is also consumed.
Life cycles are probably one year.
Rossianidae
live in spring seeps or in small, cold, mountain streams
distinctive among Integripalpia because their head, pronotum, and mesepisternum are modified
Their head, pronotum, and mesepisternum are modified by prominent surface sculpturing
Sericostomatidae
cases are not strong due to sand-like cases
pointed anterolateral angles of their pronotum, a hook-shaped protrochantin
live in sandy substrates of streams, springs, and even lake margins
univoltine