Leptocerus tineiformis
Length 6 to 8 mm. A long and thin shaped caddisfly with very long antennae. It is greyish in appearance with small brown spots.
Ponds, lakes and canals.
June to August.
Larvae can sometimes be found on the fronds of pond weeds.
Most records come from the southern half of Britain where it can be quite common in suitable waters. More local north of the Midlands and to the west. It is absent from Scotland.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Thurlaston garden
22 July 2022
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
17 July 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
11 August 2011
female - specimen examined
Hazel Graves
Loughborough Garden
10 August 2023
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
13 June 2023
Male Genitalia
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
30 June 2018
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Leptoceridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 54
- First record:
- 27/06/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 09/08/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
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David Nicholls
Groby Pool
30 June 2018
