Species Details
Agraylea multipunctata
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »
SeasonalityNo information available.
IdentificationAdults have ocelli and the vertex has three pairs of barely prominent warts. Male antennal length is slightly over half of forewing length. The spur formula is 0, 3, 4. Genital appendages of the males are large and obscured by the posterior edges of segment 9's extensions. The claspers are partly fused mesally, each with a wide, shallowly indented, curved posterior edge.
Scientific Name
Agraylea multipunctata
Habitat
Lakes, ponds and areas of large rivers where the current is reduced (Wiggins, 1996).
Seasonality
No information available.
Identification
Adults have ocelli and the vertex has three pairs of barely prominent warts. Male antennal length is slightly over half of forewing length. The spur formula is 0, 3, 4. Genital appendages of the males are large and…
Adults have ocelli and the vertex has three pairs of barely prominent warts. Male antennal length is slightly over half of forewing length. The spur formula is 0, 3, 4. Genital appendages of the males are large and obscured by the posterior edges of segment 9's extensions. The claspers are partly fused mesally, each with a wide, shallowly indented, curved posterior edge.
Conservation
Probably common.
Diet Info
Filamentous algae (Wiggins, 1996).
Range
Transcontinental distribution in Canada (Schmid, 1998).
Citation
Page Citation for Agraylea multipunctata
Page Citation
"Species Details - Agraylea multipunctata, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-1216. Accessed 09 May. 2024.
References
Author
Schmid, F.
Title
Genera of the Trichoptera of Canada and Adjoining or Adjacent United States.
Publication Date
1998
Pages
319
Author
Wiggins, Glenn B.
Title
Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera)
Publication Date
1996
Pages
457
Specimen Information
There are 4 specimens of this Species.
UASM6179 - Agraylea multipunctata
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-08-18
BIRD33148 - Agraylea multipunctata
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Big Knife Provincial Park
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2004-05-28
BIRD33149 - Agraylea multipunctata
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Big Knife Provincial Park
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2004-05-28
BIRD36244 - Agraylea multipunctata
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2013-08-10