Limnephilus vittatus
Length 8 to 11 mm. This species has a slightly two tone brown wing, the darker marking can be quite pronounced on some individuals.
Bare bottomed pools, ditches and reservoirs. It can also be attracted to light.
May to October.
Larva produces a case made of sand grains.
Quite common and widespread in Britain.
Occasional but possibly under recorded in VC55.
Hazel Graves
Loughborough Garden
25 September 2023
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
29 June 2012
specimen examined
Hazel Graves
Loughborough Garden
22 October 2023
Hazel Graves
Sandhills
23 May 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Limnephilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 32
- First record:
- 04/06/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 04/10/2024 (Graves, Hazel)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
30 April 2014
female - specimen examined
