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Common Marine Caddisfly
Philanisus plebeius
Philanisus plebeius is a species of marine caddisfly in the family Chathamiidae found in New Zealand and Australia. These insects have winged terrestrial adults, eggs are laid in starfish and aquatic larvae live in marine rock pools.
From the article Philanisus plebeius on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Walker in his original description described this species as follows:
Male. — Tawny, thinly clothed with tawny hairs : antennae testaceous, rather stout, slightly setaceous, much longer than the body : legs testaceous, long; fore-tibiae without spurs; hinder tibiae with two pairs of long spurs, one pair near the tips, the other at the tips : abdomen with two appendages at the tip : wings narrow; fore-wings slightly gray, with pale brown marks or interrupted bands : hind-wings subhyaline. Length of the body 2+1⁄2 — 2+3⁄4 lines; of the wings 7 — 8+1⁄2 lines.
Range & habitat
Philanisus plebeius is found throughout New Zealand coastal areas as well as on the coast of New South Wales in Australia.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 395004.