Thin-headed Caddisfly - Thin-headed Caddisfly

...The representative species known from Japan are as follows: the German-winged long-horned caddisfly, a large species whose larvae are often called green caterpillars and used as fishing bait; the small Tanigawa caddisfly, whose larvae live in rapids; the Nakaharashima caddisfly and Echigoshima caddisfly, which are among the caddisfly species that are widely distributed around the world; the Oonagare caddisfly, which is considered one of the most primitive of the existing caddisfly species; and the smallest, the Usugurohime, with a body length of just 0.2 to 0.3 mm. Caddisflies: the relatively large Usubaki Caddisfly and Eguri Caddisfly, whose larvae live in still water; Ningyo Caddisfly, whose larvae build tube nests that look like dolls; Murasaki Caddisfly, the largest of Japan's caddisflies (20-25mm in body length) with large, beautiful purple wing markings; and Yotsume Caddisfly, which has large yellow or white markings on its front and back wings that look like eyes at first glance. [Mineo Kobayashi]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Usubaki Caddisfly" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…日本から知られている代表的な種をあげると次のようなものがある。大型な種で幼虫がよくアオムシと呼ばれて釣餌に使われるチャバネヒゲナガトビケラ，幼虫が急流にすむ小型のタニガワトビケラ，世界各地に広く分布するシマトビケラのなかのナカハラシマトビケラとエチゴシマトビケラ，現存するトビケラのうち，もっとも原始的なものの一つとみなされているオオナガレトビケラ，体長わずかに0.2～0.3mmの最小のウスグロヒメトビケラ，幼虫が静水中に生息している比較的大型なウスバキトビケラとエグリトビケラ，幼虫がつくる筒巣が人形のように見えるニンギョウトビケラ，日本産トビケラのなかでもっとも大型(体長20～25mm)で，翅の斑紋が大きく美しい紫色をしたムラサキトビケラ，前･後翅に大きな黄色または白色の斑紋があり，一見眼のようにみえるヨツメトビケラなどである。【小林 峯生】。…

※「ウスバキトビケラ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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