TRICHOPTERA
(caddis flies, caddisflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ANNULIPALPIA
caseless caddis proper
Female (Click to open)
 		Suborder 3 subtaxa 106 images
INTEGRIPALPIA
true cased caddis flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Suborder 16 subtaxa 332 images
SPICIPALPIA
primitive caddis flies
(Click to open)
 		Suborder 1 subtaxa 6 images 1 ident. refs
Trichoptera (unidentified)
Unidentified Caddis Flies, Caddisflies
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 		Unidentified 18 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderTRICHOPTERA (caddis flies, caddisflies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Eutaxa - electronic keys & reference collections www.eutaxa.com
() Barnard, P. & Ross, E. 2012 The adults Trichoptera (caddisflies) of Britain and Ireland Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1. Part 17, 192pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Macan, T.T. 1973 A Key to the Adults of British Trichoptera FBA Sci Pub 29, 28, 151pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Malicky, H. 2004 Atlas of European Trichoptera 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Mosely, M.E. 1939 *** The British Caddis Flies (Trichoptera) ***(Superseded) 320pp, Routledge
NatureSpot NatureSpot - caddis flies www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19486?page=0
Wallace, I. (Illust.: Wilkins, P.) 2003 The Beginner’s Guide to Caddis (Order Trichoptera) Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists’ Society Vol 62: 15-26.

Larvae/Case-bearing

() Wallace, I.D, Wallace, B. & Phillipson, G.N. 1990 *** A Key to the Case-bearing Caddis Larvae of Britain and Ireland ***(Superseded) FBA Scientific Publication, No. 51, 237pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Larvae/Caseless

() Edington, J.M. & Hildrew, A.G. 1995 Caseless Caddis Larvae of the British Isles FBA Scientific Publication, No. 53, 2 edition, 134pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Larvae

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Wallace, I. 2008 Module 5: advanced identification of caddisflies (Trichoptera) https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies, caddisflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies, caddisflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies, caddisflies)
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