Neothremma alicia (Trichoptera) of Gunnison County, Colorado

Trichoptera: Uenoidae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Neothremma alicia

Dodds and Hishaw 1925

Updated 30 July 2010
TSN 116389

Neothrema alicia on moss in subalpine stream

The three animals on the right were clinging to the moss in a small subalpine stream on 18 July 2007.

Good Links

On this website:
Ueonidae Introduction

Other Websites:
Photos, Map, Museum specimens - Barcodinglife.org

Illustration - University of Alberta Entomology Collection Species page
Has illustration of male genitalia, description, habitat information, range and more.

Locations Collected

Found in large numbers in small mossy streams in the headwaters of the East River. Allan (1975) reports this species from Cement Creek.

References

Allan, J.D. 1975. The distributional ecology and diversity of benthic insects in Cement Creek, Colorado. Ecology 56:1040-1053. Abstract

Dodds,GS and Hisaw,FL. 1925 Ecological studies on aquatic insects. III. Adaptations of caddisfly larvae to swift streams. Ecology 6(2)123-137. Abstract and first page

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.
     Describes the larvae.

Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE; Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31 4, 421-457.
     Notes that Neothremma alicia lives in Gunnison County. Quote from page 452: "Habitat: streams, seeps; Altitudinal range: 2536-3170m; Adult collection dates; 24 July to 25 August; The two western nearctic genera Neothremma and Farula were removed from the family Limnephilidae and assigned to the family Ueonidae (Wiggins et al, In press) "

Mecom, John O. 1972 Productivity and distribution of Trichoptera larvae in a Colorado mountain stream. Hydrobiologia 40(2): 151 - 176. ISSN: 0018-8158 (Paper) 1573-5117 (Online) DOI: 10.1007/BF00016789 Abstract
     Has life history data from the St Vrain River in Colorado.

Nimmo, A 1971 The adult Rhyacophilidae and Limnephilidae (Trichoptera) of Alberta and eastern British Columbia and their post glacial origin. Quaestiones Entomologicae 73: 3-234.

Ogilvie,GA and Clifford,HF 1986 Life histories, production, and microdistribution of two caddisflies (Trichoptera) in a Rocky Mountain Stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64(12)2706-2716.

Rader,R and Belish, TA 1999 Influence of mild to severe flow alterations on invertebrates in three mountain streams. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management. 15(4)353 - 363.
     They comment that Neothremma alicia " declined or were even locally extirpated" by severe flow alterations due to dams and water abstraction of their habitat.

Ross, H. H. 1949. The caddisfly genus Neothremma Banks (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 39:92-93.

Ward,JV; Kondratieff,BC; Zuellig,RE 2002 An Illustrated Guide to the Mountain Stream Insects of Colorado. 2nd ed. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 219 pages.
     They note only one species of Neothremma (Neothremma alicia) has been found in Colorado so far.

Wiggins,GB; Weaver,JS; Unzicker,JD 1985 Revison of the caddisfly family Uenoidae (Trichoptera). Canadian Entomologist 117, 763-800.
     Moved Neothremma from the caddis family Limnephilidae to the family Ueonidae.

Wiggins,GB, and Wisseman,RW. 1992. New North American species in the genera Neothremma and Farula, with hypotheses on phylogeny and biogeography (Trichoptera: Uenoidae). Canadian Entomologist 124:1063-1074.

Brown, Wendy S. 2005 Trichoptera of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
www.gunnisoninsects.org