See text Orthopsyche is a genus of caddisflies belonging to the family Hydropsychidae.

Orthopsyche was first proposed as a genus in 1976 by Alex G. McFarlane, including two species previously identified as Hydropsyche.

McFarlane named Orthopsyche fimbriata (McLachlan, 1862) as the type species.

[3] Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Orthopsyche forms a clade with the genus Aoteapsyche.

[4] In 2006, János Oláh, Kjell Arne Johanson and Peter C. Barnard greatly expanded Orthopsyche, by synonymising Abacaria Mosely 1941, and Caledopsyche Kimmins 1953, and describing 29 new species.