Biology:Hydroptila apalachicola

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Short description: Species of caddisfly

Hydroptila apalachicola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Hydroptilidae
Genus: Hydroptila
Species:
H. apalachicola
Binomial name
Hydroptila apalachicola
Harris, Pescador & Rasmussen 1998

Hydroptila apalachicola is a species of microcaddisfly. It is only known from three adult males collected from cold spring-fed streams in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida. This is a tiny brown caddisfly up to 3.2 mm in length and can only be distinguished from its closest relatives by minute differences in the structure of the tenth abdominal tergum.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2652582 entry