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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Oct 02, 2020

At first I thought it was a moth until I saw the long antennea.

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Oct 02, 2020

Look at Lacewings

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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Oct 02, 2020

Indeed, yes thank you.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 02, 2020

It's a caddisfly (order Trichoptera); this is considered a 'sister group' to Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). See https://www.darrensbugs.com/Caddisflies/i-dDsjZ56/A for a specimen (unidentified) from Panama similar to yours. I have been unable to locate any comprehensive treatment of the species from Colombia, but a list of species from neighboring Ecuador can be seen at https://peerj.com/articles/2851/ , noting that:
“As in the neighboring Andean countries of Colombia and Peru, it is common to find undescribed species of caddisflies. There are vast areas of Ecuador and the northern Andes that are completely unexplored, and we expect that hundreds of new species are yet to be discovered.”
Overall, more than 3200 species have been reported from the Neotropics - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345355/

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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Oct 02, 2020

Great information and links. Thank you Flap!

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