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Species Details
Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »
SeasonalityAdults fly from June through to August.
IdentificationAdults are brown and the antennae have broad brown bands. Forewings have a dense setal covering and the hindwings are grey, darkening apically. In males, the circus is bifurcate and the ventral lobe is twice as long as the dorsal lobe (Wiggins, 1998).
Scientific Name
Phryganea cinerea
Habitat
Standing and flowing waters.
Seasonality
Adults fly from June through to August.
Identification
Adults are brown and the antennae have broad brown bands. Forewings have a dense setal covering and the hindwings are grey, darkening apically. In males, the circus is bifurcate and the ventral lobe is twice as long…
Adults are brown and the antennae have broad brown bands. Forewings have a dense setal covering and the hindwings are grey, darkening apically. In males, the circus is bifurcate and the ventral lobe is twice as long as the dorsal lobe (Wiggins, 1998).
Life History
During the day, adults are clinging to rush stalks along the water's edge. In the evening, the adults begin mating and egg-laying activities. Females will fly thirty to forty feet up in the air and dive-bomb the…
During the day, adults are clinging to rush stalks along the water's edge. In the evening, the adults begin mating and egg-laying activities. Females will fly thirty to forty feet up in the air and dive-bomb the surface of the water, to lay eggs, sending up small splashes, mimicking rain (LaFontaine, 1983).
Conservation
Relatively common.
Diet Info
Larvae feed on dead and living plant material and animal material, such as copepods and ostracods (Wiggins, 1996).
Range
This species range extends from eastern Alaska south to California, Utah, and Colorado, east to the Great Lakes states and Newfoundland (Wiggins, 1998).
Citation
Page Citation for Phryganea cinerea
Page Citation
"Species Details - Phryganea cinerea, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3172/9-301974. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
References
Author
LaFontaine, Gary
Title
Caddisflies
Publication Date
1981
Pages
336
Author
Wiggins, Glenn B.
Title
Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera)
Publication Date
1996
Pages
457
Author
Wiggins, Glenn B.
Title
The caddisfly family Phryganeidae (Trichoptera).
Publication Date
1998
Pages
306 p.
Specimen Information
There are 48 specimens of this Species.
UASM6039 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1965-07-15/1965-07-16
UASM6040 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1966-06-20/1966-06-24
UASM6041 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1965-06-25
UASM6046 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1965-07-07
UASM6047 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1966-07-05/1966-07-08
UASM6048 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Island Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-07-20
UASM6049 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByEntomology Department
Date Collected1965-07-14
UASM6050 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1966-06-03/1966-06-10
UASM6051 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Worsley
Collected BySchaaf, A.
Date Collected1967-07-11
UASM6079 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park
Collected ByLarson, D. R. M.
Date Collected1967-07-24
UASM6080 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1965-07-29
UASM6083 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Baptiste Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-07-20
UASM6089 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jasper National Park, Riley Lake
Collected ByDonald, D. B.
Date Collected1978-06-23
UASM6091 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mildred Lake
Collected ByHilchie, Gerald J.; Ryan, J. K.
Date Collected1979-07-04/1979-07-06
UASM6107 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Big Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-07-29
UASM6038 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1966-06-10/1966-06-17
UASM6042 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1967-06-30/1967-07-06
UASM6043 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1965-07-30
UASM6044 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1965-07-16
UASM6045 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByGraham, P.
Date Collected1965-06-25
UASM6067 - Phryganea cinerea
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1962-06-22/1962-06-24