Limnephilus lunatus
Length 10 to 15 mm. The colouration may vary from pale to dark brown but the distinguishing feature is the dark edged pale 'half moon' on the rear margin of the wing - from whence the Latin 'lunatus'.
This is a cosmopolitan species to be found in streams, ponds lakes and marshes.
May to November
The larval case is constructed from leaf fragments, sand grains and other debris.
Common and widespread over much of Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
19 June 2013
male - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 August 2012
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
10 September 2012
David Nicholls
Ratby garden1
29/09/2006
egaten
Thurlaston garden
29 July 2021
egaten
Thurlaston garden
04 September 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Limnephilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 267
- First record:
- 29/09/2006 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 13/11/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
25 October 2013
male - specimen examined
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
18 August 2017
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
19 June 2013
male - specimen examined
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
03 June 2016
Ron.stevens
Broughton Astley
26 August 2011
