SeasonalityAdults have been collected in late September.IdentificationAdult antennae are dark brown and the vertex of the head is dark brown, lightening laterally and postero-mesally. The dorsum of segment 9 in males is humped. Dorso-median process on segment 10 is robust and has a barb disto-ventrally (Nimmo, 1971).
Scientific NameRhyacophila vagritaHabitat
Varies from large mountain rivers to small forest creeks.
Seasonality
Adults have been collected in late September.
Identification
Adult antennae are dark brown and the vertex of the head is dark brown, lightening laterally and postero-mesally. The dorsum of segment 9 in males is humped. Dorso-median process on segment 10 is robust and has a…
Adult antennae are dark brown and the vertex of the head is dark brown, lightening laterally and postero-mesally. The dorsum of segment 9 in males is humped. Dorso-median process on segment 10 is robust and has a barb disto-ventrally (Nimmo, 1971).
Conservation
Uncommon.
Diet Info
Larvae are probably predacious.
Range
From British Columbia and Alberta, south to Utah. In Alberta, this species is only known from two areas, located at the bottom of major valleys, approximately 3500 feet in altitude (Nimmo, 1971).
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Page Citation for Rhyacophila vagrita
Page Citation
"Species Details - Rhyacophila vagrita, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3155. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
References
AuthorNimmo, A. P.
TitleThe adult Rhyacophilidae and Limnephilidae (Trichoptera) of Alberta and eastern British Columbia and their post-glacial origin.
Publication Date1971
Series TitleQuaestiones Entomologicae
Volume7
Pages1-234
Specimen Information
There is 1 specimen of this Species.
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