Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoLimnephilus spinatus
Summer Flier SedgeBanks, 1914
Updated 6 February 2026
TSN 116213
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Introduction to Limnephilus
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Photos, Map, Taxon Identifier Numbers - from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Limnephilus spinatus at GBIF
Photos, Map, Museum specimens, Bar Code - Barcodinglife.org
References
Banks,N 1914 American Trichoptera - notes and descriptions. Canadian Entomologist 46:149-156.
This is the original description of L. spinatus.
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
Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE and Unzicker,JD 1986: Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31(4), 421-457.
The authors note that L. spinatus lives in Gunnison County.
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 91: "A widespread but uncommonly reported species in the SPRB. Herrmann and others (1986) reported that this species occurred in headwater streams and springs in Colorado." The elevation range is 6,750-9,300 feet and the adults emerge from July-August.
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