Holocentropus picicornis
Length 6 to 9 mm. A fairly small caddisfly with dark brown wings mottled with pale yellow.
Around still and slow flowing water, but also attracted to light.
May to September.
Larvae found on immersed vegetation.
Scattered but widespread records from Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
06 August 2014
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
17 August 2012
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
03 August 2011
male - specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Polycentropodidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 03/08/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 29/05/2021 (Poole, Adam)
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