BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Agrypnia glacialis
A Caddisfly
| Scientific Name: | Agrypnia glacialis Hagen, 1873 | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | A Caddisfly | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Clemson University Department of Entomology (J.C. Morse, ed.). 2002. Last Updated 5 September 2006. Trichoptera World Checklist. Online. Available: http://entweb.clemson.edu/database/trichopt/index.htm. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | TR-AGRGLA | ||||||||||
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| Conservation Status / Legal Designation | |||||||||||
| Global Status: | G4G5 (Jul 2024) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | SU (Jul 2016) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Not Reviewed | ||||||||||
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| Ecology & Life History | |||||||||||
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| Migration Characteristics: (Global / Provincial) | |||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
Y / N N / N N / N na / N |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Species in this family are found in ponds, lakes, temporary pools, and slow streams (Voshell 2002). | ||||||||||
| Food Habits: |
Herbivore:Immature
Non-nectar Sugar-feeder: Adult |
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| Global Food Habits Comments: | Adults of this taxon consume liquid with sponge-like mouth parts and larvae of this species are herbivores (Voshell 2002; Houghton and Holzenthal 2010). | ||||||||||
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
| Length(cm)/width(cm)/Weight(g): | / / | ||||||||||
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| Distribution | |||||||||||
| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | This species occurs across Canada from Yukon to Newfoundland, in Greenland, and in the northern United States in Alaska and from Washington south to California and east to Massachusetts (Yukon Conservation Data Centre 2014; Rasmussen and Morse 2023; GBIF 2024; SCAN 2024). | ||||||||||
| Authors / Contributors | |||||||||||
| Global Information Author: | T. Cornelisse | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Jul 18, 2024 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Houghton, D.C. and R.W. Holzenthal. 2010. Historical and contemporary biological diversity of Minnesota caddisflies: a case study of landscape-level species loss and trophic composition shift. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29(2): 480-495. |
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Voshell, J.R. 2002. A guide to common freshwater invertebrates of North America. McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, Granville, Ohio, USA: 442 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2024. Species Summary: Agrypnia glacialis. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 21, 2026).