SeasonalityAdults can be found from late May to mid-September.IdentificationAdult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and ventral lobes (Nimmo, 1986).
Scientific NamePolycentropus cinereusSeasonality
Adults can be found from late May to mid-September.
Identification
Adult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and…
Adult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and ventral lobes (Nimmo, 1986).
Life History
Annual ?
Conservation
Very common.
Diet Info
Larvae are predacious.
Range
South of the treeline, from Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to Texas (Nimmo, 1986).
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Page Citation for Polycentropus cinereus
Page Citation
"Species Details - Polycentropus cinereus, Freshwater Invertebrate Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/5-2407. Accessed 07 Sep. 2024.
References
AuthorNimmo, A. P.
TitleThe adult Polycentropodidae of Canada and adjacent United States.
Publication Date1986
Series TitleQuaestiones Entomologicae
Volume22
Pages143-252
AuthorRoss, Herbert, H.
TitleThe caddis flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois.
Publication Date1944
Volume23
Pages326
Specimen Information
There is 1 specimen of this Species.
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