Culoptila

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Culoptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda 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.

[edit] Species

C. acaena Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996 C. aguilerai Wichard et al., 2006 C. aluca Mosely, 1954 C. amberia Mosely, 1954 C. azulae Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996 C. barrerai Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996 C. bidentata Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. buenoi Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. cantha (Ross, 1938) C. cascada Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. costaricensis Flint, 1974 C. denningi Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996 C. hamata Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. jamapa Bueno-Soria & Santiago Fragoso, 1996

C. kimminsi Denning, 1965 C. montanensis Flint, 1967 C. moselyi Denning, 1965 C. nahuatl Flint, 1974 C. pararusia Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. plummerensis Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. rusia Mosely, 1954 C. saltena Mosely, 1954 C. tapanti Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. tarascanica Flint, 1974 C. thoracica (Ross, 1938) C. unispina Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006 C. vexillifera Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006

[edit] References

• Blahnik, Roger J. & Ralph W. Holzenthal (2006-06-15). "Revision of the genus Culoptila (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)". Zootaxa 1233: 1–52. 
• Wichard, Wilfried, Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer & Claus Luer (2006-12-11). "First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera)". Zootaxa 1378: 37–48.