''Diplectrona bulla'' is a species of caddisfly belonging to the order

Hydropsychidae The Hydropsychidae are a family-level taxon consisting of net-spinning caddisflies. Hydropsychids are common among much of the world's streams, and a few species occupy the shorelines of freshwater lakes. Larvae of the hydropsychids construct ...

. The species was first described by

Keith Arthur John Wise Keith Arthur John Wise (1 June 1926 – 31 March 2012), often referred to as K. A. J. Wise, was a New Zealand entomologist. Originally employed at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand), Department of Scientific and ...

in 1958, and is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

Wise's original text (the

type description A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have be ...

) reads as follows: Wise noted that the species was morphologically similar to '' Diplectrona zealandensis'', but could be distinguished by the complex genitalia of ''D. bulla''.

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to New Zealand, known to sporadically occur on the

North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...

References

{{Authority control Animals described in 1958 Endemic insects of New Zealand Trichoptera Trichoptera of New Zealand Taxa named by Keith Arthur John Wise