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 NameHydropsyche slossonaeSeasonality
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.
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Page Citation for Hydropsyche slossonae
Page Citation
"Species Details - Hydropsyche slossonae, Freshwater Invertebrate Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/5-1318. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
References
AuthorNimmo, A. P.
TitleThe adult Arctopsychidae and Hydropsychidae (Trichoptera) of Canada and adjacent United States.
Publication Date1987
Series TitleQuaestiones Entomologicae
Volume23
Pages1-189
Specimen Information
There are 19 specimens of this Species.
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19 results plotted on map in 3 markers. Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.