Ceraclea floridana (Banks, 1903)
Florida ceraclean caddisfly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Leptocerus floridanus Banks, 1903; Athripsodes floridanus (Banks, 1903)
"Nomen dubium. Known from only the female holotype collected in south Florida along Biscayne Bay. Examined by Morse (1975), he noted that the abdomen was missing."
(Rasmussen et al., 2025)
Conservation Status
Missing (NatureServe, 2026) or Invalid (nomen dubium) (Rasmussen & Morse, 2020; Rasmussen et al., 2025)
Last (and only) record: prior to 1903 (Rasmussen et al., 2008:28); 1903 (NatureServe, 2026)
"A species such as C. floridana, so poorly known and based on a single specimen collected more than 100 years ago, while of academic interest, is not an appropriate species to include on conservation listings. We recommend this species’ removal as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need."
(Rasmussen et al., 2008:28)
Distribution & Habitat
Biscayne Bay, southeast Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Banks, N. (1903). Some new neuropteroid insects. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 11: 236-243.
Other references:
Carnagey, D. W. and Morse, John C. (2006). Females of the genus Ceraclea (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) in North America: taxonomy and classification. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 34(2): 1-86.
Gordon, E. A. (1984). The Trichoptera of Florida: A preliminary survey, pp. 161-166. In: Morse, John C. (ed.). Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Trichoptera, Vol. 30. The Hague: Dr. W. Junk Publishers.
Morse, John C. (1975). A phylogeny and revision of the caddisfly genus Ceraclea (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 11(2): 1-97.
Morse, John C. (1982). Trichoptera, pp. 51-71. In: Franz, R. (ed.). Invertebrates. Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida, vol. 6 (P.C.H. Pritchard, series editor). University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 131 pp.
Morse, John C. (1993). A checklist of the Trichoptera of North America, including Greenland and Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 119(1): 47-93. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25058246
Morse, John C. (1994). Caddisflies (Class Insecta: Order Trichoptera) (with Introduction by M. Deyrup), pp. 501-569. In: M. Deyrup and R. Franz, editors, Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida, Volume IV: Invertebrates. (R.E. Ashton, Jr., Series Editor) University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 798 pp.
NatureServe. (2026). Ceraclea floridana: Florida Ceraclean Caddisfly. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 3 October 2026]
Pescador, M. L., Rasmussen, Andrew K. and Harris, Steven C. (1995). Identification manual for the caddisfly (Trichoptera) larvae of Florida. Report to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, contract numbers WM543 and WM581. 132 pp.
Pescador, M. L., Rasmussen, Andrew K. and Harris, Steven C. (2004). Identification manual for the caddisfly (Trichoptera) larvae of Florida. Revised Edition. Report to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, contract numbers WM715. 136 pp.
Rasmussen, Andrew K. (2006). Caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) records from the Florida A&M University database.
Rasmussen, Andrew K., Denson, D. R. and Harris, Steven C. (2008). Status of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) in greatest conservation need in Florida. Final report to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida, Agreement 06009, June 1, 2008. 56 pp.
Rasmussen, Andrew K., Denson, Dana R., Orfinger, Alexander B. and Harris, Steven C. (2025). Diversity and distribution of the Trichoptera of Florida, United States, with descriptions of five new species. ZooKeys 1263: 389-439. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1263.147317
Rasmussen, Andrew K. and Morse, John C. (2020). Distributional checklist of Nearctic Trichoptera (Fall 2020 Revision). Florida A&M University, Tallahassee. 517 pp. [Available at: https://www.trichoptera.org/].
Rasmussen, Andrew K. and Morse, John C. (2023). Distributional Checklist of Nearctic Trichoptera (2022 Revision). Florida A&M University, Tallahassee. 541 pp. [Available at: https://www.trichoptera.org].
Schweitzer, D. F. (1989). A review of category 2 Insecta in USFWS Regions 3, 4, 5. Report prepared for United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Newton Corner Regional Office, Newton Corner, MA, 150 pp.
Wiggins, G. B. (1977). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). Univ. Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada. 401 pp.