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Species Details
Molanna flavicornis
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SeasonalityAdults fly from late May to early September, with a peak in July.
IdentificationAdults are a brown-black with bright yellow pilosity. The base outline of the male clasper is square and smoothly tapered distal as long and rounded distally. The process is curved gently postero-dorsad (Schmid, 1983).
Scientific Name
Molanna flavicornis
Habitat
Lakes, sloughs, slower streams with sandy or muddy bottoms.
Seasonality
Adults fly from late May to early September, with a peak in July.
Identification
Adults are a brown-black with bright yellow pilosity. The base outline of the male clasper is square and smoothly tapered distal as long and rounded distally. The process is curved gently postero-dorsad (Schmid, 1983).
Conservation
Common.
Diet Info
Omnivores: diatoms, filamentous algae, vascular plant tissue and small invertebrates.
Range
West from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, and south to Colorado and New York (Schmid, 1983).
Citation
Page Citation for Molanna flavicornis
Page Citation
"Species Details - Molanna flavicornis, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2350/9-18573. Accessed 01 Dec. 2024.
References
Author
LaFontaine, Gary
Title
Caddisflies
Publication Date
1981
Pages
336
Author
Schmid, F.
Title
Revision des trichopteres Canadiens. III. Les Hyalopsychidae, Psychomyiidae, Goeride, Brachycentridae, Sericostomatidae, Helicopsychidae, Beraeidae, Odontoceridae, Calamoceratidae et Molannidae.
Publication Date
1983
Series Title
Memoires de la societe entomologique du Canada
Volume
125
Pages
109
Author
Ross, Herbert, H.
Title
The caddis flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois.
Publication Date
1944
Volume
23
Pages
326
Specimen Information
There are 101 specimens of this Species.
UASM6308 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-06-30
UASM6309 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-06-28
UASM6310 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Crimson Lake Provincial Park, Crimson Lake
Collected ByMcDonald, F. J. D.
Date Collected1963-09-10
UASM6313 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Wabamun Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-07-29
UASM6314 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Slave Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-07-19
UASM6315 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Wetaskiwin
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-06-12
UASM6316 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cold Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-07-11
UASM6318 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mariana Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1978-06-19
UASM6319 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Wabamun Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-07-10
UASM6320 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Wabamun Lake
Collected ByLeech, R.
Date Collected1969-08-03
UASM6321 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-07-06
UASM6322 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-07-16
UASM6324 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Thunder Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1976-07-18
UASM6325 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sturgeon River
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-08-18
UASM6326 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Johnson Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-07-06
UASM6327 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jasper National Park, 16 1/2 Mile Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-07-05
UASM6329 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lake Newell
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-08-16
UASM6330 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Crimson Lake Provincial Park, Crimson Lake
Collected ByFreitag, R.; Awram, J.; McDonald, F. J. D.; Whitehead, D. R.; McEwan
Date Collected1964-08-02
UASM6331 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Gregoire Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1978-06-23
UASM6332 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Wabamun Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-07-10
UASM6334 - Molanna flavicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Wabamun Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1963-07-10