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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Phryganeoidea » Giant Casemaker Caddisflies (Phryganeidae) » Banksiola

Genus Banksiola

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Suborder Integripalpia

Infraorder Plenitentoria

Superfamily Phryganeoidea

Family Phryganeidae (Giant Casemaker Caddisflies)

Genus Banksiola

Explanation of Names

Banksiola Martynov 1924

Numbers

5 species in North America listed at nearctica.com

common

Identification

Adult B. crotchi: body brown; antennae banded dark and light brown; forewing with reticulate (net-like) pattern of fine brown lines mixed with patches of dark blotches

Larva: builds a case from pieces of plant matter and algae, arranged in a spiral pattern

Range

represented throughout North America, including Alaska and the Canadian arctic

Habitat

larvae develop in standing water (ponds, marshes); adults are nocturnal and attracted to light

Season

adults fly from May to August

larvae are active from August to November, then overwinter

Food

larval instars 1-4 of B. crotchi feed on algae; the 5th instar is predaceous

Life Cycle

one generation per year; overwinters as a larva

Remarks

page creation based on Donald Chandler's identification of this image

Print References

Martynov, A.V. 1924. Preliminary revision of the family Phryganeidae its classification and evolution. Annals and magazine of Natural History. 14(9): 209-224

Milne, L.J. 1934. Studies in North American Trichoptera. 1: 1-19

Wiggins, G.B. 1956. A revision of the North American caddisfly genus Banksiola (Trichoptera : Phryganeidae) Contributions of the Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Zoology and Palaeontology. 43: 1-12 (includes description and illustrations of both male and female genitalia)

Internet References

pinned adult image of B. crotchi (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

technical key to adults and larvae of species in Michigan (Ethan Bright, U. of Michigan)

use of the blue-green alga Nostoc in case construction (Tom Goodman, U. of Maine)

distribution of all 5 NA species listing states and provinces of occurrence (NatureServe Explorer)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 June, 2006 - 12:05pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2016 - 4:34am

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