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Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Philarctus quaeris

(Milne) 1935
Updated 7 Nov 2016
TSN 116397

Good Links

On this website:
Introduction to the Limnephilidae

Other Websites:

University of Alberta Entomology Collection - Species page
     Has a description, habitat information, range and more.

References

Driver,EA; Sugden,LG and Kovach,RJ 1974 Calorific, chemical and physical values of potential duck foods Freshwater Biology 4 (3), 281-292.

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

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.

Ross,HH and Merkley,DR 1952 An annotated key to the nearctic males of Limnephilus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae). American Midland Naturalist 47:435-455.

Wiggins,GB 1963 Larvae and pupae of two North American limnephilid caddisfly genera (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 58(4):103-112.
     Describes the larvae.



Brown, WS 2007 Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
www.gunnisoninsects.org

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