1.         Apicomesal spine on each foretibia short, less than or equal to 3X as long as wide; case with             small pebbles in flange; lentic. Only reported in Portage Co. . . . . . . . . . Molanna uniophila

            Apicomesal spine on each foretibia longer, greater or equal to 5X as long as wide; case without             pebbles in flange; in springbrooks to medium-sized streams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2.         Apex of spine-bearing projection on each foretibia extending well past tibio-tarsal junction;                         membranous are a a constriction of frontoclypeus capitate in mature larva; sandy-                                    bottomed springs, springbrooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molanna blenda

            Apex of spine-bearing projection on each foretibia extending to or just past tibiotarsal junction;             membranous area at constricgtion of frontoclypeus quadrate in mature larvae. . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3.         Head with dark banding along fontoclypeal and coronal sutures relatively wide; sandy-bottom             streams usually wider than 5 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molanna tryphena

            Head with dark banding along frontoclypeal and coronal sutures narrow. . Molanna ulmerina

*Ohio EPS does not carry this genus to species.

 

 

 

 

Caddisflies of Ohio

Key to Species of Molanna* Nymphs

From Morse, et al., 2017
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