order
                        
                      
                                    Coleoptera
                                       “Adult Beetles”
                                  
                                    Coleoptera
                                       “Larval Beetles”
                                  
                                    Diptera
                                       “True Flies”
                                  
                                    Ephemeroptera
                                       “Mayflies”
                                  
                                    Hemiptera
                                       “True Bugs”
                                  
                                    Lepidoptera
                                       “Aquatic Caterpillars, Snout Moths”
                                  
                                    Megaloptera
                                       “Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies”
                                  
                                    Odonata
                                       “Dragonflies and Damselflies”
                                  
                                    Plecoptera
                                       “Stoneflies”
                                  
                                    Trichoptera
                                       “Caddisflies”
                                 family
                        
                     Sericostomatidae
               
            genus
                     Agarodes
            
                  “Bush-tailed Caddisflies”
               
      Genus Overview
                  
               
                        12 species in North America. Species are collected in sand and gravel deposits. 
                  
               Characteristics
                  
               POLLUTION TOLERANCE
                        Southeast: 0
                                 Upper Midwest: 3
                              0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
                        FEEDING HABITS
                        
                                 Collector / Gatherer
Shredder / Detritivore
                        
                     Shredder / Detritivore
MOVEMENT
                        
                                 Burrower
Sprawler
                        
                     Sprawler
DISTRIBUTION
                        
                                 Widespread (east of the Rocky Mtns.)
                        
                     HABITAT
                        
                                 Lotic-depositional
Lotic-erosional
                        
                     Lotic-erosional
Diagnostic Characters
               order
                         
                                       
                                       
                                    Prolegs With Single Hook
                                 family
                         
                                       
                                       
                                    Curved, Smooth Sand Case
                                  
                                       
                                       
                                    Mesonotum sclerotized
                                  
                                       
                                       
                                    Metanotum Mostly Membranous
                                  
                                       
                                       
                                    Pronotum with Pointed Anterolateral Corners
                                  
                                       
                                       
                                    Setose Anal Prolegs
                                 
                  + Expanded Character List
                  
                     
               
            
                        Order:
                           Larvae: Wings/wing pads absent. Eye spots present, but compound eyes absent. Antennae usually small, inconspicuous. Three pairs of segmented legs present on thorax. Pair of anal prolegs, each with single hook, located on last abdominal segment. Larvae can be free-living, in silken retreats attached to substrate, or in usually-portable tubes or cases made of sand, rocks, or plant material.
                     
                     
                        Family:
                           The larva lives in a cylindrical case, slightly curved and made of fine sand; the tops of the first two thoracic segments are covered by sclerites; the top of the third thoracic segment has a few small sclerites; there is no prothoracic horn (stiff needle between the front legs); the posterior end of the body is unusually hairy (at least 60 setae); anal prolegs are mostly fused with the end of the abdomen except their apical hooks.
                     
                     
                        Genus:
                           corner of pronotum produced into a sharp point, 
                     
                   
                   
                   
            Dorsal
               Ventral
               Case
               


