Molannidae is a family of Hood casemakers in the order
Trichoptera
The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the b ...
. There are at least 3 genera and 40 described species in Molannidae.
The
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
for Molannidae is ''
Molanna'' J Curtis, 1834.
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Genera
* '' Indomolannodes'' Wiggins, 1968
* '' Molanna'' Curtis, 1834
* '' Molannodes'' McLachlan, 1866
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Trichoptera families
Integripalpia
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