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Species: Limnephilus canadensis Banks 1908


Larval case is a tapered tube made of sand grains. Larvae were found in slower reaches of cool rapidly to slow flowing streams with cobble gravel substrates (Smith 1984). There is a single generation per year with adults flying in July.

References:

Smith, D. H. 1984. Systematics of Saskatchewan Trichoptera larvae with emphasis on species from the boreal streams. Ph.D. Thesis U. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. SK 1302 pp.

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