Species: Paraleuctra occidentalis
Western Needlefly
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Leuctridae
Genus
Paraleuctra
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Stoneflies
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Plecoptera - Leuctridae - Paraleuctra
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
Adults emerge from February to August in Montana (Gaufin et al., 1972).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-09-23
Global Status Last Changed
1998-06-18
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - It occurs in major western North American Mountain Ranges from Alaska to the Uykon and Alberta south through the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains (Stewart and Oswood, 2006).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)