Psychomyiidae

Psychomyiidae
Psychomyia pusilla larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Suborder: Annulipalpia
Superfamily: Hydropsychoidea
Family: Psychomyiidae
Walker, 1852
Subfamilies

Psychomyiinae
Tinodinae

The Psychomyiidae are a family of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies. Members of this family are typically very similar to polycentropodids, but usually differ in leg characters. Larvae also tend to construct silken tubes.

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