Species Hydatophylax argus

Classification · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Internet References

Northern Caddisfly - Hydatophylax argus ? - Hydatophylax argus

Yellow-orange-headed insect - Hydatophylax argus

Pennsylvania Caddisfly - Hydatophylax argus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Suborder Integripalpia

Infraorder Plenitentoria

Superfamily Limnephiloidea

Family Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)

Subfamily Limnephilinae

Tribe Stenophylacini

Genus Hydatophylax

Species argus (Hydatophylax argus)

Identification

Adult: head and posterior dorsal thorax yellow; forewing with about 10 clear oval patches surrounded by brown shading near middle of wing; band of clear elongate cells along outer margin, separated by brown veins; basal half of wing with whitish veins edged in brown; antennae black, unmarked, shorter than length of forewing; legs yellowish basally, dark distally

Range

Newfoundland to South Carolina, west to Alababma, north to Saskatchewan

In a PDF doc here, Pescador and Rasmussen state: "The occurrence of the species in Florida is doubtful. Larvae of Hydatophylax are easily confused with those of Pycnopsyche."

Season

adults fly in June

Remarks

page creation based on Simon Carmichael's identification of this image

Internet References

questionable presence in Florida; PDF doc (Manuel Pescador and Andrew Rasmussen, Florida A&M U.)

distribution (NatureServe Explorer)

presence in Minnesota; list (R.W. Holzenthal and M.P. Monson, Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

presence in Saskatchewan; list (U. of Saskatchewan)

presence in Maine; list (U. of Maine)

presence and date in Ohio; PDF doc (David MacLean and Bonnie MacLean, Ohio Academy of Science, Ohio State U.)

presence in Ontario; list H. argus is the only Hydatophylax species listed in Ontario [search for "Hydatophylax"] (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 September, 2006 - 1:57pm
Last updated 30 September, 2006 - 2:59pm

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