**Caddisfly Species Hesperophylax designatus (Silver Striped Sedge)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)

» Genus Hesperophylax (Silver Striped Sedges)

» Species designatus (Silver Striped Sedge)

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Silver Striped Sedge
	Northern Caddisfly

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Where & When

Regions: East, Midwest, West

This species is abundant nationwide. It was once considered to be an East/Midwest species, but a widespread western species Hesperophylax incisus is now considered to be a synonym (Synonym: A former name of a taxon, usually a species. Entomologists frequently discover that two insects originally described as different species are one in the same, and they drop one of the names. The dropped name is said to be a synonym of the remaining name. These changes take a while to trickle into the common knowledge of anglers; for example, Baetis vagans is now a synonym of Baetis tricaudatus.) of designatus.

Pictures of 1 Caddisfly Specimen in the Species Hesperophylax designatus:

Female Hesperophylax designatus (Silver Striped Sedge) Caddisfly Adult

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Collected September 5, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on September 14, 2011

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Jargon Defined:

Synonym: A former name of a taxon, usually a species. Entomologists frequently discover that two insects originally described as different species are one in the same, and they drop one of the names. The dropped name is said to be a synonym of the remaining name. These changes take a while to trickle into the common knowledge of anglers; for example, Baetis vagans is now a synonym of Baetis tricaudatus.

Useful References:

LaFontaine, Gary. 1981. Caddisflies. The Lyons Press.

Swisher, Doug and Carl Richards. 2000. Selective Trout. The Lyons Press.