Culoptila

Culoptila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Glossosomatidae
Subfamily: Protoptilinae
Genus: Culoptila
Mosely, 1954
Type species
Culoptila aluca
Mosely, 1954

Culoptila is a genus of caddisflies found primarily in Central America as well as the United States.

Species

Culoptila contains the following species:[1]

  • Culoptila acaena Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996
  • Culoptila aguilerai Wichard et al., 2006
  • Culoptila aluca Mosely, 1954
  • Culoptila amberia Mosely, 1954
  • Culoptila azulae Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996
  • Culoptila barrerai Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996
  • Culoptila bidentata Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila buenoi Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila cantha (Ross, 1938)
  • Culoptila cascada Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila costaricensis Flint, 1974
  • Culoptila denningi Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996
  • Culoptila hamata Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila jamapa Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996
  • Culoptila kimminsi Denning, 1965
  • Culoptila montanensis Flint, 1967
  • Culoptila moselyi Denning, 1965
  • Culoptila nahuatl Flint, 1974
  • Culoptila pararusia Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila plummerensis Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila rusia Mosely, 1954
  • Culoptila saltena Mosely, 1954
  • Culoptila tapanti Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila tarascanica Flint, 1974
  • Culoptila thoracica (Ross, 1938)
  • Culoptila unispina Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006
  • Culoptila vexillifera Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006

References

  1. ↑ "Culoptila Mosely, 1954". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved April 29, 2026.
  • Blahnik, Roger J.; Ralph W. Holzenthal (2006-06-15). "Revision of the genus Culoptila (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)". Zootaxa. 1233: 1–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1233.1.1. hdl:11299/192288.
  • Wichard, Wilfried; Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer & Claus Luer (2006-12-11). "First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera)". Zootaxa. 1378: 37–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1378.1.3.