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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Limnephiloidea » Northern Caddisflies (Limnephilidae) » Limnephilinae » Chilostigmini » Psychoglypha
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caddis - Psychoglypha
Copyright © 2007 Sean McCann

caddis - Psychoglypha
Port Coquitlam, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
May 12, 2007
Size: 12mm excluding ant.
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 12 May, 2007 - 11:22pm
Last updated 13 May, 2007 - 7:57pm

Limnephilidae
Sean-

I believe your caddisfly to be a Limnephilid (Northern Casemaker), likely of genus Psychoglypha (Snow Sedge), possibly P. alaskensis as that species has a later flight period extending into spring.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 13 May, 2007 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
Not a silver sedge?
This reminds me very much of Hesperophylax (if I'm spelling that correctly!). Any way to easily tell the two apart?
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 May, 2007 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks! Should I place it on the species page?
… Sean McCann, 13 May, 2007 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
No, that was just a guess. I
No, that was just a guess. I'd suggest (creating and) putting it on a page for Psychoglypha under Limnephilidae. Someone may well challenge (or even support) that placement, which is a good thing, as identification from a photo is problematic at best.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 13 May, 2007 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Psychoglypha looks good
...based on the nearly identical photo of Psychoglypha avigo from Oregon State U., but there's 13 other Psychoglypha species listed at nearctica.com and maybe some of those look like this too?
… Robin McLeod, 3 March, 2008 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks again.
… Sean McCann, 13 May, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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