“Pitot-tube Caddisflies”
Genus Overview
Phylocentropus is the only genus in the family Dipseudopsidae in North America, with 5 species occurring here. Larvae make branching tube-like retreats buried in sand or soft sediment, the tips of the branches poke above the sediment. They tend to live in pools or along the edges of slow-moving water. They are found throughout the eastern and central United States. A large, movable spinneret is used to produce silk and shore up the sides of the retreat. Characters unique to this group include a large hump between membranous meso- and metanota, and flattened tarsi longer than their tibiae.
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Southeast: 5.6
Upper Midwest: 4
Mid-Atlantic: 5
0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
FEEDING HABITS
Collector / Filterer
MOVEMENT
Burrower
DISTRIBUTION
Widespread (east of the Rocky Mtns.)
HABITAT
Lotic-depositional
Diagnostic Characters
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