BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Agrypnia macdunnoughi
A Caddisfly
| Scientific Name: | Agrypnia macdunnoughi (Milne, 1931) | ||||||||||
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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-AGRMAC | ||||||||||
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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, and in the United States in Alaska and the northeast from North Dakota to Maine (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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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2024. Species Summary: Agrypnia macdunnoughi. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 10, 2026).