Molannidae is a family of Hood casemakers in the order
Trichoptera
The caddisflies (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 basis ...
. There are at least 3 genera and 40 described species in Molannidae.
The
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') 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-bearin ...
for Molannidae is ''
Molanna'' J Curtis, 1834.
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Genera
* '' Indomolannodes'' Wiggins, 1968
* '' Molanna'' Curtis, 1834
* ''Molannodes
''Molannodes'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Molannidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe, Far East Russia and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Molannodes alticola'' (Malicky & Chantaramongkol, 1996)
* ''Molannodes ...
'' McLachlan, 1866
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Trichoptera families
Integripalpia
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