Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoEcclisomyia conspersa (Banks) 1907Updated 3 June 2009
The Ecclisomyia sp. on the right was found in a small tributary to the upper East River on the 1st of June in 2007. Both E. conspersa and E. maculosa have a light-colored stripe as you can see on this animal. LinksOn this website:Introduction to Limnephilidae Other Websites: University of Alberta Entomology Collection Species page Has description, habitat information, range and more. ReferencesBanks, N. 1907. Descriptions of new Trichoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 8:117-133.
Flint, O. S., Jr. 1960 Taxonomy and biology of Nearctic limnephilid larvae (Trichoptera), with special reference to species in eastern United States. Entomologica American 40:1-117. Has description of larvae. Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE; Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31 4, 421-457. Notes that Ecclisomyia conspersa lives in Gunnison County. Ross,HH 1950 Synoptic notes on some nearctic Limnephilid caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae). American Midland Naturalist 43 2, 410-429. Has diagnostic characters for Ecclisomyia males. |