Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoChyrandra centralis (Banks) 1900Pale Western Stream SedgeUpdated 7 June 2007
This is the only species in this genus. It is found in leaves in small spring streams across Canada and south to Colorado, Utah and California. The distinctive case of leaves is arranged to form a lip or flange-like seam along the edge. The larvae's head is round and dark. They also have a large irregular sclerite at the base of each lateral hump and single abdominal gills. NotesCommonly mispelled Chyranda centralis.Synonyms include: Asynarchus centralis Banks, 1900, Chyrandra pallida (Banks, 1903) Chyrandra parvula Denning, 1948 Chyrandra signata (Banks, 1907) LinksOn this website:Limnephilidae Introduction ReferencesErman, N. A. 1986 Movements of self-marked caddisfly larvae, Chyrandra centralis (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in a Sierran spring stream, California, U.S.A. Freshwater Biology 16:455-464.Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE; Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31 4, 421-457. The authors show this species present in Gunnison County. Hodkinson,ID 1975 A community analysis of the benthic insect fauna of an abandoned beaver pond. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 44(2) 533-551. Wiggins,GB 1963 Larvae and pupae of two North American limnephilid caddisfly genera (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 58(4):103-112. Describes the larvae and pupae of C. centralis. Brown, Wendy S. 2005 Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA www.gunnisoninsects.org |