Triplectides sp. (genus)

2 A long-horned caddisfly at Kambah, ACT

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Identification history

Triplectides sp. (genus)	9 Dec 2019	michaelb
Leptoceridae sp. (family)	27 Nov 2019	donhe
Ceromitia iolampra	25 Nov 2019	donhe
Unidentified	24 Nov 2019	Marthijn

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Body 10 mm, antennae 12 mm.

7 comments

Marthijn wrote:

25 Nov 2019

Thanks, fortunately it was sitting still long enough for the focus stacking. Appearance wise, indeed similar to the other two sightings of C. leptostica. But antenna to wing length ratio is definitely less extreme here, and also the fringes on the wings are much smaller here. The other two images are not as clear, but it seems to me (also from the wing fringes) that those examples have more scale like wing cover like most moths, whereas here it is almost hair-like. Don't know how significant all of that is.

donhe wrote:

26 Nov 2019

The antennae of Adelidae are described and illustrated as twice the length of the wings, not just 20% longer. Maybe there is individual variability in the antennae length, or the antenna length is sexually dimorphic, or maybe it is not Adelidae?
Other genera with long antennae are in Depressariidae and Lecithoceridae. Maybe it is one of those?

GlennCocking wrote:

27 Nov 2019

This is a caddis fly - see "hairy" wings and head structure

michaelb wrote:

28 Nov 2019

Hi Alice
This is an exceptionally good photo of a caddisfly. Can we do a better ID on it than to family?

Marthijn wrote:

28 Nov 2019

Hi, I caught the same species (or the same individual?) again yesterday, and made a higher resolution image of the main body and head. A photo with twice the resolution of the new image is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JWBBdffY5dsHUrh5tyW9nl3EFgpAsd16/view?usp=sharing

Alice wrote:

9 Dec 2019

Triplectides sp. Lovely photo and the other as of url provided is even better! (Apologies for taking so long to respond.)

michaelb wrote:

9 Dec 2019

Thanks Alice !

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