Oecetis pratelia Denning, 1948:126
Little meadow long-horned caddisfly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Floyd, 1995; Rasmussen et al., 2008, 2025; NatureServe, 2026)
Last (and only) record: 16 July 1939 (Denning, 1948:126; Rasmussen et al., 2025 [as 1939]; NatureServe, 2026 [as 1939])
Distribution & Habitat
La Belle, Hendry County, Florida, USA
Type locality: "La Belle, Florida, July 16, 1939, (R. H. Beamer)." (Denning, 1948:126)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the male holotype (Denning, 1948:126; Floyd, 1995; Rasmussen et al., 2025).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Denning, D. G. (1948). Description of eight new species of Trichoptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society n.s. 43: 119-129.
Other references:
Floyd, M. A. (1995). Larvae of the caddisfly genus Oecetis (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) in North America. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, New Series, 10(3): 1-85.
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). Oecetis pratelia: Little Meadow Long-horned 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., Denson, Dana 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. 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, J. C. (2023). Distributional Checklist of Nearctic Trichoptera (2022 Revision). Florida A&M University, Tallahassee. 541 pp. [Available at: https://www.trichoptera.org]