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Psychoglypha
Photo#109420
Copyright © 2007
Sean McCann
caddis -
Psychoglypha
Port Coquitlam, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
May 12, 2007
Size: 12mm excluding ant.
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
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?
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Eric R. Eaton
, 15 May, 2007 - 4:41pm
...
Thanks! Should I place it on the species page?
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Sean McCann
, 13 May, 2007 - 2:10pm
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.
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Roger Rohrbeck
, 13 May, 2007 - 5:57pm
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?
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Robin McLeod
, 3 March, 2008 - 7:42am
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Thanks again.
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Sean McCann
, 13 May, 2007 - 7:50pm