Ochrotrichia okaloosa Harris, 1987
Okaloosa somber microcaddisfly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (NatureServe, 2026)
Last (and only) record: 1985 (NatureServe, 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Harris, S. C. and Armitage, B. J. (1987). New Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from Florida. Entomological News 98: 106-110.
Other references:
Herrig, Jim and Shute, Peggy. (2002). Aquatic Animals and their Habitats, pp. 537-580. In: Wear, David N. and Greis, John G. (eds.). (2002). Southern forest resource assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-53. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 635 pp.
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). Ochrotrichia okaloosa: Okaloosa Somber Microcaddisfly. 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. (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