Hesperoperla pacifica (Banks, 1900) is a animal in the Perlidae family, order Plecoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Hesperoperla pacifica (Banks, 1900) (Hesperoperla pacifica (Banks, 1900))
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Hesperoperla pacifica (Banks, 1900)

Hesperoperla pacifica (Banks, 1900)

Hesperoperla pacifica, the golden stonefly, is a North American common stonefly in the family Perlidae with a distinctive pale hourglass head mark on its nymph.

Family
Genus
Hesperoperla
Order
Plecoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hesperoperla pacifica (Banks, 1900)

Hesperoperla pacifica, commonly called the golden stonefly, is a species of common stonefly belonging to the family Perlidae. This species occurs in North America. The nymph of Hesperoperla pacifica can be distinguished from nymphs of other perlids by a pale, hourglass-shaped mark located on its head.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Plecoptera Perlidae Hesperoperla

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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