Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Diptera > Chironomidae > Cricotopus > Cricotopus tricinctus

Cricotopus tricinctus (hydrilla tip mining midge)

Synonyms: Chironomus tricinctus (homotypic); Cricotopus hyalinus (heterotypic); Cricotopus lebetis

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Clogwyni Pen Llyn/ Seacliffs of Lleyn 2591 Wales, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Potamogeton distinctus (floatingleaf pondweed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cricotopus trifasciatus1

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0