Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Rhyacophila vofixa

Milne, 1936
Updated 9 February 2026
TSN 115197

Good Links

On this website:
Rhyacophila Introduction

Other Websites:
Photos, Map, Taxon Identifier Numbers - from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Rhyacophila vofixa at GBIF

Photos, Map, Museum specimens, DNA - Barcodinglife.org

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

References

Irons,JG III 1988 Life history patterns and trophic ecology of Trichoptera in two Alaskan (U.S.A.) subarctic streams. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 66:1258-1265. Abstract

Milne,LJ 1936 Studies in North American Trichoptera. Part 3. Cambridge, Mass. Author's publication. 128 pages

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.

Wold,JL 1973 Systematics of the genus Rhyacophila (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae) in western North America with special reference to the immature stages. MS dissertation. 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 100: "The above record represents the first reported occurrence of Rhyacophila vofixa from the SPRB. Rhyacophila vofixa is restricted to swift mountain streams of Western North America (Nimmo, 1971; Wiggins and Parker, 1997)." The elevation is 11,100 feet and the adults were found in July.

Brown,WS 2005 Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of Gunnison County, Colorado
www.gunnisoninsects.org