Ochrotrichia apalachicola Harris, Pescador & Ramussen, 1998
Apalachicola ochrotrichian caddisfly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (Rasmussen et al., 2025)
Last (and only) record: 1994 (NatureServe, 2026)
Rediscovered in: 2012 or before (Harris et al., 2012)
Distribution & Habitat
Florida Panhandle, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Harris, Steven C., Pescador, M. L. and Rasmussen, Andrew K. (1998). Two new species of microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from northern Florida. Florida Entomologist, 81(2): 221-224.
Other references:
Harris, Steven C., Rasmussen, Andrew K. and Denson, D. R. (2012). An annotated list of the caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Florida: Part I. The family Hydroptilidae, with descriptions of five new species. Insecta Mundi 0273: 1-32.
NatureServe. (2026). Ochrotrichia apalachicola: Apalachicola Ochrotrichian Caddisfly. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 4 October 2026]
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. 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, J. C. (2023). Distributional Checklist of Nearctic Trichoptera (2022 Revision). Florida A&M University, Tallahassee. 541 pp. [Available at: https://www.trichoptera.org].