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Westfly Style Sheet--Insect Names

The scientific name, then the preferred name as used Westfly. Sometimes the scientific name is also the preferred name.

Mayflies

Ameletus: Ameletus
Baetis: blue-winged olive
Callibaetis: Callibaetis
Cinygmula: Cinygmula
Drunella coloradensis: slate-winged olive
Drunella doddsi: green drake
Drunella flavilinea: flav
Ephemera simulans: brown drake
Ephemerella: pale morning dun
Epeorus: yellow quill
Heptagenia: pale evening dun
Hexagenia limbata: Hexagenia
Isonychia: Isonychia
Paraleptophlebia: mahogany dun
Rhithrogena: March brown
Siphlonurus: gray drake
Tricorythodes: trico
Caenis: Caenis
Timpanoga hecuba: Hecuba
Epeorus albertae: pink albert
Serratella: Serratella

Caddis

Amiocentrus: weedy water caddis
Brachycentrus: grannom
Dicosmoecus: October caddis
Glossosoma: saddle-case
Hydropsyche: spotted caddis
Rhyacophila: green caddis
Leptoceridae: longhorn caddis
Limnephilidae: northern caddis
Banksiola: traveling sedge
Hydroptilla: microcaddis
Arctopsyche: McKenzie caddis

Stoneflies

Hesperoperla: golden stonefly
Calineuria: golden stonefly
Isoperla: yellow sally
Pteronarcys: salmonfly
Nemoura: little brown stonefly
Skwala: Skwala
Alloperla: little green stonefly
Classinea subulosa: short-winged stonefly

Others

Tipulidae: cranefly
Zygoptera: damselfly
Aeshnidae: dragonfly
Chironomidae: midge
Hemiptera: waterboatman
Coleoptera: aquatic beetle
Megaloptera: alderfly
Gammaridae: scud
Cottus: sculpin
Orthoptera: hopper
Hirudinea: leech
Decopoda: crayfish
Libellulidae: sprawler dragonfly
Coleoptera: beetle
Hymenoptera: ant
Simuliidae: black fly
Isopoda: sowbug
Euphausid: euphausid
Ammodytidae: sand lance
Clupea: herring
Gasterosteus: stickleback
Choristoneura occidentalis: spruce moth
Notonecta: backswimmer
Lepidoptera: aquatic moth
Daphnia: daphnia


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