Family Leptoceridae

This is another large trichopteran family with over 1,800 species worldwide. Divided into four subfamilies, it is represented in the Neotropics by three of them (Triplectidinae, Grumichellinae, and Leptocerinae). There are approximately 235 extant species known from the Neotropics, distributed among 16 genera (Holzenthal & Calor 2017).