SeasonalityAdults can be found from late June to mid-September.IdentificationThe vertex of the adult head is reddish-brown with dense white and beige hairs. Antennae are brown, with reddish rings. Spur count is 2, 2, 3. Claspers of the males are irregularly shaped, dumb-bell like. Otherwise, the overall shape of the clasper is linear, with the extremities folded mesad.
Scientific NameBrachycentrus americanusSeasonality
Adults can be found from late June to mid-September.
Identification
The vertex of the adult head is reddish-brown with dense white and beige hairs. Antennae are brown, with reddish rings. Spur count is 2, 2, 3. Claspers of the males are irregularly shaped, dumb-bell like. …
The vertex of the adult head is reddish-brown with dense white and beige hairs. Antennae are brown, with reddish rings. Spur count is 2, 2, 3. Claspers of the males are irregularly shaped, dumb-bell like. Otherwise, the overall shape of the clasper is linear, with the extremities folded mesad.
Life History
No information available.
Conservation
Common.
Diet Info
The larvae are omnivorous, obtaining their food either by filter feeding or scraping.
Range
This species has a Holarctic distribution: in North America, from Alaska to New Mexico, in the east from Tennessee to Vermont. In Canada, it is transcontinental (Schmid, 1983).
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Page Citation for Brachycentrus americanus
Page Citation
"Species Details - Brachycentrus americanus, Freshwater Invertebrate Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/5-1064. Accessed 08 Dec. 2024.
References
AuthorSchmid, F.
TitleRevision des trichopteres Canadiens. III. Les Hyalopsychidae, Psychomyiidae, Goeride, Brachycentridae, Sericostomatidae, Helicopsychidae, Beraeidae, Odontoceridae, Calamoceratidae et Molannidae.
Publication Date1983
Series TitleMemoires de la societe entomologique du Canada
Volume125
Pages109
Specimen Information
There are 4 specimens of this Species.
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