Triplectides sp. (genus)
2 A long-horned caddisfly at Kambah, ACT
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| Triplectides sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 9 Dec 2019 | |
| Leptoceridae sp. (family) | donhe | 27 Nov 2019 | |
| Ceromitia iolampra | donhe | 25 Nov 2019 | |
| Unverified | Marthijn | 24 Nov 2019 |
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Body 10 mm, antennae 12 mm.
7 comments
25 Nov 2019
Thanks, fortunately it was sitting still long enough for the focus stacking. Appearance wise, indeed similar to the other two sightings of C. leptostica. But antenna to wing length ratio is definitely less extreme here, and also the fringes on the wings are much smaller here. The other two images are not as clear, but it seems to me (also from the wing fringes) that those examples have more scale like wing cover like most moths, whereas here it is almost hair-like. Don't know how significant all of that is.
26 Nov 2019
The antennae of Adelidae are described and illustrated as twice the length of the wings, not just 20% longer. Maybe there is individual variability in the antennae length, or the antenna length is sexually dimorphic, or maybe it is not Adelidae?
Other genera with long antennae are in Depressariidae and Lecithoceridae. Maybe it is one of those?
Other genera with long antennae are in Depressariidae and Lecithoceridae. Maybe it is one of those?
28 Nov 2019
Hi Alice
This is an exceptionally good photo of a caddisfly. Can we do a better ID on it than to family?
This is an exceptionally good photo of a caddisfly. Can we do a better ID on it than to family?
28 Nov 2019
Hi, I caught the same species (or the same individual?) again yesterday, and made a higher resolution image of the main body and head. A photo with twice the resolution of the new image is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JWBBdffY5dsHUrh5tyW9nl3EFgpAsd16/view?usp=sharing
9 Dec 2019
Triplectides sp. Lovely photo and the other as of url provided is even better! (Apologies for taking so long to respond.)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065904-35.376942
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2019 10:26 AM Recorded on
- Marthijn Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- Insects Other insects Caddisflies (Trichoptera) Marthijn Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Triplectides sp. (genus)
Species information
- Triplectides sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A long-horned caddisfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 607.2m Recorded at altitude
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