Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoAmphicosmoecus canax (Banks) 1900Updated 6 June 2007
This is the only species in this genus. It is found in western and northern North America. It has two cases. One is a distinctive hollowed out twig with a few pieces of wood on the end, the other is built entirely from small pieces of wood. LinksOn this website:Limnephilidae Introduction Other Websites: University of Alberta Entomology Collection Species page Has description, habitat information, range and more. ReferencesBanks, N. 1900. New genera and species of Nearctic neuropteroid insects. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 26:239-260.Nimmo, AP 1965 A new species of Psychoglyha Ross from western Canada, with notes on several other species of Limnephilidae (Trichoptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 43 (5): 781-787. Nimmo, AP 1971 The adult Rhyacophilidae and Limnephilidae (Trichoptera) of Alberta and Eastern British Colombia and their post-glacial origin. Quaestiones Entomologicae 7:3-234. Ross,HH 1947 Descriptions and records of North American Trichoptera, with synoptic notes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 73:105-124. Described as Dicosmoecus canax. Brown, Wendy S. 2005 Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA www.gunnisoninsects.org |