Hydropsyche angustipennis

Imago  Male

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  - Order Trichoptera
  - Family Hydropsychidae
  - Genus Hydropsyche
  - Species angustipennis  

Wide spread across Europe, H.angustipennis hatches between April and September. It tolerates warm water. I usually find thousends of them in a small stream nearby during May







Ventral view




Spur formula: fore tibia 2, mid tibia 4, hind tibia 4. Well visible in the picture above the 4 mid tibial spines




Head, maxillar palps and antennae details




Genitalia lateral view through optical microscope x25




Genitalia detail through optical microscope x100, ventral view




Abdomen end and genitalia detail through optical microscope x100, dorsal view




Forewing




Hindwing