The authors would like to thank the curators and institutions that loaned the material used in this study: Dr Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (NMNH), Dr Willem Hogenes (NBC), Dr Tobias Malm and Dr Kjell Arne Johanson (NRM), Dr Philip Perkins and Rachel Hawkins (MCZ), and Dave Ruiter (Grants Pass, Oregon, USA). ERG would also like to thank Dr John Luhman for translating the German text in the original description of Smicridea lobata. Dave Ruiter and Dr Brian Armitage provided helpful comments to improve the manuscript. This paper was prepared thanks to a doctoral fellowship from Cienciactiva, initiative from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, Peru (contract 277-2015-FONDECYT) awarded to ERG. The research was conducted with the support of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station projects MN 17-017 and MN 17-029. This support is gratefully acknowledged.

The authors wish to thank Santiago Villamarín and Christian Villamarín for their hospitality and support during our field studies in Carchi, Ecuador during February of 2017. Xavier Amigo, Nature Experience, and Jolanda Huisman also provided very generous support in the field. This study was supported by Universidad de Las Americas project AMB.BRT.17.005 “Diversidad y Distribucion de Trichoptera de Ecuador,” Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station projects MIN-17-017 and 17-029, and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture project 1013092. ERG was funded through a doctoral fellowship from Cienciactiva, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia, e Innovacion Tecnologica Peru (contract 277-2015- FONCECYT). The Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecuador, granted the study permit (MAE-DNB-CM-2016-0045). This support is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Dr Brian Armitage, Dr Tatiana Arefina...

This research was supported by Universidad de Las Americas project AMB.BRT.17.005 “Diversidad y Distribución de Trichoptera de Ecuador” in collaboration with INABIO (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, ECUADOR) and University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station projects MIN17-017 and 17-094. We are grateful to José DeCoux (Los Cedros) for the facilities during our field trips. Andrea C. Encalada, Raúl Acosta, Gisella Bragado, Tobias Policha, Lina Pita, Jolanda Huisman, and Xavier Amigo (Nature Experience) kindly provided field assistance. We are grateful to Rafael Souza for his very useful suggestions to improve the manuscript and to Ana Previšić for her editorial assistance. ERG was funded by a FONDECYT-CONCYTEC doctoral fellowship (contract number 277-2015- FONDECYT). This support is gratefully acknowledged.

This study was supported by Universidad de Las Américas project AMB.BRT.17.005 “Diversidad y Distribución de Trichoptera de Ecuador” and Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station projects MIN17-017 and 17-029. Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales was funded through a doctoral fellowship from Cienciactiva, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología, e Innovación Tecnológica Perú (contract 277-2015- FONCECYT). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

This work was supported by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station projects MIN-17-017 and 17-029. ERG was funded through the Walter H. Judd Fellowship, University of Minnesota, and a doctoral fellowship from Cienciactiva, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología, e Innovación Tecnológica Peru (contract 277-2015-FONDECYT). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.