Major Group: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Conoesucidae
Genus: Costora
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Descriptive Features: frontoclypeus with 2 erect dark setae in each anterolateral corner
foretrochantin fused to propleuron
pronotum lateral face completely pigmented
mesonotum approximately square
abdominal gills branched, present on segments 1-3 or 1-4
tergite 9 a single pigmented sclerite (although unpigmented in C. delora)
anal lateral sclerites pigmented, face dorsally and with setae more or less even in length
Total length: up to 10 mm
Case: cylindrical, curved, much longer than larva in some species, constructed of secretion, plant strips or sand grains
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Costora sp. |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
(not all larvae known)
Costora delora Mosely
Costora ebenina Neboiss
Costora krene Neboiss
Costora luxata Neboiss
Costora ramosa Jacquemart
Costora rotosca Mosely
Costora seposita Neboiss
Costora iena Mosely
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Distribution: NSW, Vic, Tas
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Functional Feeding Group: scrapers
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Mitta River, Eskdale Vic |
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Ecology:
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Information Sources: Jackson 1998
Key to Species: Jackson 1998
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