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Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Neotrichia osmena - Purse Making Caddis, Microcaddisfly

Ross 1944

Updated 12 Sept 2021
TSN 115843

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Introduction to Hydroptilidae

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References

Blinn,DW and Ruiter,DE 2005 Caddisfly (Trichoptera) community structure and distribution in Arizona, USA: effects of selected environmental determinants. In: K. Tanida and A. Rossiter, editors. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Trichoptera. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan. Pages. 63-71.

Flint Jr,OS and Herrmann,SJ 1976 The description of, and environmental characterization for, a new species of Ochrotrichia from Colorado (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 69(5), pp.894-898.
     Abstract: "The male and female sex of the new species Ochrotrichia (O.) susanae are described and figured, and notes on the larvae and cases are given. Data on physicochemical characteristics of the environment and life-cycle of the species are presented."

Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE and Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31(4), 421-457.
     Shows this species is present in Gunnison County

Keth,AC; Harris,SC and Armitage,BJ 2015 The genus Neotrichia Morton (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in North America, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands. v + 147 pp., The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio.

Merrill,D 1969 The distribution of case recognition in ten families of caddis larvae (Trichoptera). Animal Behavior 17(3)486-493.

Ross,HH 1944 The Caddis Flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois. Natural History Survey of Illinois 23 Los Angeles, CA. 326 pages.
Description of the caddis fly Neotrichia osmena


Ruiter,DE 1990 A new species of Neotrichia (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from Colorado with additions and corrections to the distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Entomological News 101(2):88-92


Brown,WS 2005 Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
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