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species Leuctra moha Ricker, 1952

• Common name(s):  Blackwater Needlefly
• Distribution:
  •  AL, GA, NC, SC
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (7):
  • Ricker. 1952. Ind.Univ.Pub.Sci.Ser. 18:169 >> Leuctra (Leuctra) moha    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4524
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:100 >> Leuctra moha
  • Harper, P.P. & F. Harper. 1997. In Landolt & Sartori [Ed.]. Ephemeroptera & Plecoptera. Biology-Ecology-Systematics. Ephemeroptera & Plecoptera, Biology–Ecology–Systematics 472 >> Leuctra moha
  • Harrison, A.B. & Stark. 2010. Illiesia 6(3):31   >> Leuctra moha
  • Grubbs. 2011. Illiesia 7(2):27   >> Leuctra moha
  • Verdone, Kondratieff, DeWalt & South. 2017. Illiesia 13(3):31   >> Leuctra moha
  • Grubbs, Metzger & S. Wei. 2020. Zootaxa 4768(3):364 >> Note: Female first described, male redescribed. (The illustration provided by Ricker (1952, his Fig. 123) as the female of L. moha is actually L. hicksi). New state record. >> Leuctra moha
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Georgia, Mossy Creek, 4.6 miles N of Perry
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  INHS Illinois Natural History Survey

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