Phryganeoidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of caddisflies}}
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| image = Phryganea.bipunctata.jpg
| image_caption = Phryganea bipunctata
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Phryganeoidea
| authority = Leach, 1815
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = Phryganeidae
}}
Phryganeoidea, the giant caddisfly superfamily, may be paraphyletic with Limnephiloidea.{{Cite book |last1=Wiggins |first1=Glenn B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsFYGVzg4JcC |title=Caddisflies: The Underwater Architects |last2=Information |first2=Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical |last3=Museum |first3=Royal Ontario |date=2004-01-01 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-3714-5 |pages=153–158 |language=en}}
References
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Body
Adult body length {{convert|14|-|25|mm|abbr=on}}; common species usually >{{convert|20|mm|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web |title=Family Phryganeidae - Giant Casemaker Caddisflies |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/9213 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=bugguide.net}}
Identification
Adults large (body usually {{convert|20|mm|abbr=on}} or more); forewings gray, brown, or yellowish-brown, sometimes with specks, patches, or other markings. Specific characters:{{Cite web |title=Family Phryganeidae - Giant Casemaker Caddisflies |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/9213 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=bugguide.net}}
- ocelli (simple eyes) present
- no wing hairs clubbed--character shared with some other families (1)
- maxillary palps 4-segmented in males, 5-segmented in females
- front tibia has 2 or more spurs, middle tibia has 4
{{Trichoptera|2}}
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