Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoLimnephilus abbreviatusBanks 1908Updated 21 February 2026
TSN 116113 Good LinksOn this website:Limnephilus Introduction Other Websites: Photos, Map, Taxon Identifier Numbers - from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Limnephilus abbreviatus at GBIF Photos, Map, Museum specimens, DNA - Barcodinglife.org ReferencesAl Mousa,MDA 2020 Studies on the Odonata and Trichoptera of high-elevation lakes of northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. MS Thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 187 pages. PDFQuote from page 83: "The Holarctic L. abbreviatus Banks 1908, a common regional species (Ruiter 1995), was the most frequently recorded and collected lentic species, taken at 33 northern Colorado lakes and associated wetlands from 1925 to 2020 (Fig. 3.4, Appendix 4) in Boulder (7), Clear Creek (1), Gilpin (1), Grand (8), Jackson (2), Larimer (13), and Routt (1) Counties, at an elevation range from 2,550-3,550m." Al Mousa,MDA; Nachappa,P; Ruiter,DE; Givens,DR and Fairchild,MP 2022 Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of montane and alpine lakes of northern Colorado (USA). Western North American Naturalist, 82(3), pp.563-576. PDF Quote from page 570: "Several transcontinental representatives of the Limnephilus genus were well represented in our study area, including our most frequently captured taxon, L. abbreviatus Banks, 1908, as well as the frequently encountered and common L. janus Ross, 1938, L. hyalinus Hagen, 1861, L. moestus Banks, 1908, and L. indivisus Walker, 1852 (Table 2, Supplementary Material 1)." Balik,JA; Leitz,C; Washko,SE; Cleveland,B; Krejsa,DM; Perchik,ME; Stogsdill,A; Vlah,M; Demi,LM; Greig,HS and Shepard,ID 2022 Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates. Oecologia, 199(4), pp.951-963. PDF Banks,N 1908 Neuropteroid insects - notes and descriptions. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 34:255-267. PDF 
Finn,DS and Poff,NL 2008 Emergence and flight activity of alpine stream insects in two years with contrasting winter snowpack. Artic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40(4)638-646. PDF Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE and Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31 (4) 421-457. Abstract and first page Copied from page 442: "Drainages: Arkansas, Colorado, Gunnison, North Platte, South Platte. Habitat: ponds, lakes, streams, seeps. Altitudinal range: 1911 to 3356 meters. Adult Collection Dates: 11 July to 10 September. Commentary: Ross and Merkley (1952) reported this limnephilid as occurring only in Colrado and Wyoming" Ross,HH and Merkley,DR 1952 An annotated key to the nearctic males of Limnephilus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae). American Midland Naturalist 47:435-455. first page Ruiter,DE 1995 The adult Limnephilus Leach (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) of the new world. Vol. 11. Ohio Biological Survey, College of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 200 pages Ruse,LP and Herrmann,SJ 2000 Plecoptera and Trichoptera species distribution related to environmental characteristics of the metal-polluted Arkansas River, Colorado. Western North American Naturalist 60 (1) 57-65. PDF Zuellig,RE; Heinold,BD; Kondratieff,BC and Ruiter,DE 2012 Diversity and Distribution of Mayflies (Ephemeroptera), Stoneflies (Plecoptera), and Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1873-2010. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 606, 257 p. PDF - caution 46MB Quote from page 87: "A widespread species from the lower foothills to the highest elevations of the SPRB. Ruiter (1995) reviewed and provided records for the North American species of Limnephilus. Species of this genus predominantly occur along margins of lakes and ponds but a few species have been found in streams (Wiggins, 1996). Adults of this species were present May to December with an odd record from February." The elevation range is 5,000-11,000 feet. |