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<strong>Caddisflies</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 805<br />

85. Grammotaulius interrogationis (Zetterstedt) (I) Nearctic, transcontinental<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong>, Alaska to Newfoundland; Greenland.<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17 (ROME, SMDV).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 24 June – 25 August.<br />

86. Grammotaulius signatipennis McLachlan (III) Palaearctic-East Beringian<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong>; nor<strong>the</strong>rn Eurasia from Sweden and Poland to Kamchatka (Schmid 1950a;<br />

Levanidova 1982).<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 11 (CNCI).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 4 September.<br />

Taxonomic notes: See Taxonomic Note 6.<br />

Genus Grensia. A single circumpolar species is assigned to this genus; larvae live mainly<br />

in tundra lakes and ponds.<br />

87. Grensia praeterita (Walker) (III) Holarctic, far nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong>, Alaska, Northwest Territories; Greenland; far nor<strong>the</strong>rn Eurasia.<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 8 (ROME).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 18 June.<br />

Genus Hesperophylax. Seven species are recognized in <strong>the</strong> Nearctic genus Hesperophylax,<br />

and <strong>the</strong>y inhabit an unusually wide range <strong>of</strong> habitats from springs to rivers and lakes (Parker<br />

and Wiggins 1985). Larvae feed mainly on detritus.<br />

88. Hesperophylax designatus (Walker) (I) Nearctic, transcontinental<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong> to California, Newfoundland, and Illinois.<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 10, 11, 12, 17 (ROME, SMDV).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 9 June – 6 August.<br />

Genus Lenarchus. This is a nor<strong>the</strong>rn Holarctic genus in which 5 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 9 Nearctic species<br />

have been recorded from <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong>. Larvae live in lentic sites—small lakes, marshes, and<br />

temporary pools, especially at higher elevations and latitudes, and feed on organic debris.<br />

89. Lenarchus crassus (Banks) (I) Nearctic, transcontinental, nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong> to Newfoundland.<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 4, 8, 14 (ROME); 12 (CNCI).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 8 July –12 August.<br />

90. Lenarchus expansus Martynov (IV) Palaearctic-East Beringian<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong>, Alaska; Siberia and <strong>the</strong> Russian Far East (I.M. Levanidova, pers. comm).<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 1, 8, 10 (CNCI); 4 (ROME).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 29 June – 27 July.<br />

91. Lenarchus fautini (Denning) (I) Nearctic, western<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong> to Utah.<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 8, 12 (ROME); 14, 15 (SMDV).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 6 – 31 July.<br />

92. Lenarchus keratus Ross (I) Nearctic, transcontinental<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong> to Michigan, Quebec.<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 10 (ROME).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 24 July.<br />

93. Lenarchus vastus (Hagen) (I) Nearctic, western<br />

Distribution: <strong>Yukon</strong> to California.<br />

<strong>Yukon</strong> records: 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17 (ROME).<br />

<strong>Biological</strong> information: Adults have been collected in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Yukon</strong> 11 June – 2 September.<br />

Genus Limnephilus. This is <strong>the</strong> dominant trichopteran genus <strong>of</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn latitudes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

globe, and includes approximately 85 Nearctic species (Ruiter 1995); about 27 species are

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