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Common Name

Aquatic Moth Larvae

Scientific Name

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lab Storage

Feeding

Either shredders-herbivores or scrapers.

Water Quality Tolerance

Variable.

Fact

They have a distinct head with simple eyes or eyespots and chewing mouthparts. They have prolegs on segments 3-6 and 10 of its abdomen, and 3 pairs of thoracic legs on the thorax. The rear segment has a spinneret. For more photos, refer to our online gallery: tinyurl.com/vm7rv6q

Habitat

Variable, but generally lentic-vascular near aquatic plants.

References

Merritt, Cummins, & Berg. 2019