Oligotricha (insect)

Oligotricha
O. striata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Phryganeidae
Subfamily:	Phryganeinae
Genus:	Oligotricha Rambur, 1842

Oligotricha is a genus of giant casemakers in the family Phryganeidae. There are about eight described species in Oligotricha.

Species

• Oligotricha evanescens (Scudder, 1890)
• Oligotricha fulvipes (Matsumura, 1904)
• Oligotricha hybridoides Wiggins & Kuwayama, 1971
• Oligotricha kawamurai (Iwata, 1927)
• Oligotricha lapponica (Hagen, 1864)
• Oligotricha maxima (Iwata, 1927)
• Oligotricha spicata Wiggins & Kuwayama, 1957
• Oligotricha striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Merritt; Cummins; Berg (2008). Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Houghton, D.C.; DeWalt, R.E.; Pytel, A.J.; Brandin, C.M.; Rogers, S.E.; Ruiter, D.E.; Bright, E.; Hudson, P.L.; Armitage, B.J. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys (730): 57–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. PMC 5799788. PMID 29416396.