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Leptonema andrea

MALE.—Color pale greenish, fading to pale brown; forewing greenish with a slight indication of apical infuscation, Length of forewing, 14 mm.

Malar space intermediate in width, about width of eye; parafacial and postocular areas about width of malar; postocular area with a row of 4–5 setae. Maxillary palpus with apical segment length of basal 4 segments combined. Process of fifth segment indistinct, but apparently large and ovoid.

Genitalia: Tenth tergum apparently lacking wart a, warts b1 and b2 elongate, b2 displaced to posteroventral face; lateral lobe rounded apically. Clasper with apical segment long, terete; basal segment slightly more than 2 times length of apical, base unmodified. Phallobase elongate; with a strongly sclerotized, elongate, apicolateral plate (g?) bearing basoventrally a long filament wrapped around phallus.

FEMALE.—Unknown.

TYPE.—Holotype (male): ECUADOR, Pcia. Pastaza, Estacion Fluviometrico, 27 km N Puyo, 4 Feb 1976, P. Spangler, A. Langley, and J. Cohen. Holotype in USNM.
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bibliographic citation
Flint, Oliver S., Jr., McAlpine, J. F., and Ross, H. H. 1987. "A Revision of the Genus Leptonema Guérin (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae: Macronematinae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-193. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.450