Species Details
Hydropsyche slossonae
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SeasonalityAdults fly from early June to early September.
IdentificationMale forewings are grey-brown and the antennae are yellow-brown. Male vertex is brown anteriorly, to pale yellow-brown posteriorly, female vertex is brown with white warts. Thorax is brown, to brownish yellow laterally in males and dark brown, to grey-brown laterally in females. Male legs are pale brown except the hindlegs, which are pale straw colour, female have unifrom yellow-brown legs. The lateral membranous lobes of the male aedeagus are small and each lobe has a single, very small black spine at the end of the small anteriorly directed tubular lobe (Nimmo, 1987).
Scientific Name
Hydropsyche slossonae
Habitat
Cold streams.
Seasonality
Adults fly from early June to early September.
Identification
Male forewings are grey-brown and the antennae are yellow-brown. Male vertex is brown anteriorly, to pale yellow-brown posteriorly, female vertex is brown with white warts. Thorax is brown, to brownish yellow…
Male forewings are grey-brown and the antennae are yellow-brown. Male vertex is brown anteriorly, to pale yellow-brown posteriorly, female vertex is brown with white warts. Thorax is brown, to brownish yellow laterally in males and dark brown, to grey-brown laterally in females. Male legs are pale brown except the hindlegs, which are pale straw colour, female have unifrom yellow-brown legs. The lateral membranous lobes of the male aedeagus are small and each lobe has a single, very small black spine at the end of the small anteriorly directed tubular lobe (Nimmo, 1987).
Life History
Annual(?) Unknown.
Conservation
Very common.
Diet Info
Larvae are omnivorous.
Range
From Newfoundland west to Great Slave Lake, central British Columbia and south to the United States border.
Citation
Page Citation for Hydropsyche slossonae
Page Citation
"Species Details - Hydropsyche slossonae, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-1318. Accessed 09 May. 2024.
References
Author
Nimmo, A. P.
Title
The adult Arctopsychidae and Hydropsychidae (Trichoptera) of Canada and adjacent United States.
Publication Date
1987
Series Title
Quaestiones Entomologicae
Volume
23
Pages
1-189
Specimen Information
There are 43 specimens of this Species.
UASM5723 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Fairview
Collected ByPhilip, H.
Date Collected1976-07-09
UASM5759 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Girouxville
Collected ByPhilip, H.
Date Collected1976-07-23
UASM5751 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nanton
Collected ByPhilip, H.
Date Collected1976-08-13
UASM5745 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-07-07
UASM5740 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Fish Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-07-16
UASM5747 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, South Willow Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1968-08-04
UASM5744 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lundbreck Falls
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1968-08-04
UASM5731 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1976-09-05
UASM5726 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Dead Man's Flats
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1978-07-28
UASM5761 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton River
Collected ByDonald, D. B.
Date Collected1975-07-27
UASM5753 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Oldman River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1968-08-04
UASM5722 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Bow River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-06-13
UASM5724 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nanton
Collected ByPhilip, H.
Date Collected1976-07-12
UASM5725 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Whitemud River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-06-19
UASM5727 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-06-18
UASM5728 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1975-07-10
UASM5729 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-07-13
UASM5730 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Whitecourt
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1976-06-04
UASM5732 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Modeste Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-07-07
UASM5733 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-06-30
UASM5734 - Hydropsyche slossonae
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-07-24