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Table 5.2 (continued)

Subclass

Orders

Examples

25. Trichoptera (hair wings)

Caddisflies

(Platycentropus)

26. Lepidoptera (scale

wings)

Butterflies, Moths

27. Diptera (two wings)

Gnats, Mosquitoes,

Houseflies

28.

Siphonaptera/Aphaniptera

Fleas (Pulex,

Senopsylla)

Reference

1. Essig, E. O. (1954). College entomology. The MacMillan company.