''Chaetopteryx'' is a genus of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
s belonging to the family
Limnephilidae __NOTOC__
Limnephilidae is a family of caddisflies with about 100 genera. They belong to the main lineage of case-constructing caddisflies, the Integripalpia or tube-case caddisflies. The Limnephilidae is one of the most species-rich Trichoptera f ...
.
The genus was first described by Stephens in 1829.
The species of this genus are found in Europe.
Species:
* ''
Chaetopteryx villosa'' (Fabricius, 1798)
References
Limnephilidae
Trichoptera genera
Insects of Europe
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