Rhyacophila

Rhyacophila
Rhyacophila species imago
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Rhyacophilidae
Genus: Rhyacophila
Pictet, 1834

Rhyacophila is a genus of caddisflies in the family Rhyacophilidae. There are at least 640 described species in Rhyacophila.

ITIS Taxonomic note:

  • Type species: Rhyacophila vulgaris F.J. Pictet (selected by HH Ross, 1944, Bull Illinois Nat Hist Surv 23: 32).