Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's caddisflies. Please send corrections and updates to info@vfthomas.com. Photographs are welcome. Thank you.
Taxonomy to the genus level and phylogenetic order to the subfamily level follow the Trichoptera World Checklist (http://entweb.clemson.edu/database/trichopt/index.htm, most recently accessed on 21 December 2008), "a project of the successive International Symposia on Trichoptera, with the responsibility for its policy and maintenance assigned to the Trichoptera Checklist Coordinating Committee".
| Superfamily | Family (Subfamily) | Genus | Specific Epithet | authority | common name | Source (full citation given after this table) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Dipseudopsidae (Hyalopsychinae) | Phylocentropus | lucidus | (Hagen) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215.) Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Echo Lake", "Hunters Beach Brook") |
| Hydropsychoidea | Dipseudopsidae (Hyalopsychinae) | Phylocentropus | placidus | Banks | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 215.) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Hydropsychidae (Arctopsychinae) | Arctopsyche | apicalis | Banks | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below]) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Hydropsychidae (Diplectroninae) | Diplectrona | modesta | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212., "Corfield") |
| Hydropsychoidea | Hydropsychidae (Hydropsychinae) | Cheumatopsyche | analis | Milne | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Hydropsychidae (Hydropsychinae) | Hydropsyche | alternan | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Corfield") |
| Hydropsychoidea | Polycentropodidae (Polycentropodinae) | Holocentropus | interruptus | Banks | ? | Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215.) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Polycentropodidae (Polycentropodinae) | Nyctiophylax | vestitus | (Hagen) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Corfield") |
| Hydropsychoidea | Polycentropodidae (Polycentropodinae) | Plectrocnemia | cinera | Hagen | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 213.) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Polycentropodidae (Polycentropodinae) | Plectrocnemia | crassicornis | (Walker) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 213., "Corfield") Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 213., "Sea Wall Bog") |
| Hydropsychoidea | Polycentropodidae (Polycentropodinae) | Polycentropus | albipunctus | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212., "Station F251" [= "Mouth Bubble Brook"]) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Polycentropodidae (Polycentropodinae) | Polycentropus | confusus | Hagen | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Hydropsychoidea | Polycentropodidae | Atomia | frosti | Milne | ? | Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 213., "Gt. Notch Western Mt.") |
| Hydroptiloidea | Hydroptilidae (Hydroptilinae) | Oxyethira | dorsalis | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 216., "The Tarn") |
| Hydroptiloidea | Hydroptilidae (Hydroptilinae) | Oxyethira | grisea | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 216., "The Tarn", "Gt. Heath" [see note 2 below]) |
| Hydroptiloidea | Hydroptilidae (Hydroptilinae) | Oxyethira | pallida | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 216., "The Tarn") |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae (Leptocerinae) | Arthripsodes | transversus | Hagen | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 213.) |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae (Leptocerinae) | Mystacides | sepulchralis | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 214., "North end of Long Pond" [see note 1 below]; "F337" [= "Northeast end of Long Pond"]) |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae (Leptocerinae) | Triaenodes | dentata | Banks | ? | town?: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Old Beaver Dam") |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae (Leptocerinae) | Triaenodes | flavescens | Banks | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Echo Lake") |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae | Leptocella | exquisita | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below]) |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae | Leptocella | pavida | Hagen | ? | town?: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Toad Hole") |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae | Oecetina | cinerascens | Hagen | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 213., "Penikese") |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae | Oecetina | inconspicua | (Walk.) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Witch Hole Pond", "Corfield") Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 214.) |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae | Oecetina | osteni | Milne | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Corfield") |
| Leptoceroidea | Leptoceridae | Oecetina | persimilis | Banks | ? | town?: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Camp Grounds") |
| Limnephiloidea | Apataniidae (Apataniinae) | Apatania | stigmatella | (Zett.) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Edge of Great Heath" [see note 2 below]) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Frenesia | difficile | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Frenesia | missum | Milne | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Glyphotaelius | hostilis | (Hagen) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 210., "Penikese") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Limnephilus | combinatus | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Penikese") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Limnephilus | consocia | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 211., "N. E. Harbor") Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Limnephilus | despectus | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Corfield") Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Limnephilus | externus | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Ireson Hill Pond") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Limnephilus | indivisus | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Little Round Pond", "N. E. Harbor") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Limnephilus | moestus | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Corfield", "Richardson Brook", "Witches' Hole", "Eden") Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 211., "N. E. Harbor") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Limnephilus | ornatus | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Penikese", "Corfield") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Platycentropus | indicans | (Walker) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Corfield", "Penikese") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Platycentropus | maculipennis | Kolen | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Corfield", "Penikese") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Pycnopsyche | circularis | (Prov.) | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Pycnopsyche | divergens | Walker | ? | town not given: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Pycnopsyche | guttifer | (Walker) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212., "Duck Brook", "Corfield") Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 212., "Sargent Mt. Pond", "Echo Lake") Tremont: Procter (1946, p. 212., "Seal Cove Brook") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Pycnopsyche | luculentus | Betten | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Pycnopsyche | perplexa | Betten | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 212., "N. E. Harbor") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae (Limnephilinae) | Pycnopsyche | scabripennis | (Rambur) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212., "Witches' Hole Brook", "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook]) |
| Limnephiloidea | Uenoidae (Thremmatinae) | Neophylax | concinnus | (M'L.) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Corfield") Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 214.) Tremont: Procter (1946, p. 214., "Seal Cove") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae | Anabolina | submonilifer | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Duck Brook", "Penikese", "Corfield") Tremont: Procter (1946, p. 211., "McKinley swamp") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae | Arctoecia | consocia | Walker | ? | town?: Procter (1946, p. 210., "Along the Barcelona") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae | Astenophylax | argus | (Harris) | ? | town?: Procter (1946, p. 210., "Record of capture lost") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae | Drusinus | sparsus | (Banks) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212., "Corfield") Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae | Caborius | lyratus | Ross | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211.) |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae | Caborius | punctatissimus | (Walker) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 211., "Witches' Hole Brook") |
| Limnephiloidea | Limnephilidae | Eustanace | limbatus | McLachlan | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 212.) |
| Philopotamoidea | Philopotamidae (Chimarrinae) | Chimarra | aterrima | Hagen | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215., as Chimarrha aterrima, "Bubble Brook") Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 215., as Chimarrha aterrima, "Long Pond" [see note 1 below]) Tremont: Procter (1946, p. 215., as Chimarrha aterrima, "Seal Cove Brook") |
| Philopotamoidea | Philopotamidae (Philopotaminae) | Philopotamus | distinctus | (Walker) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 216., "Duck Brook", Corfield") |
| Philopotamoidea | Philopotamidae | Dolophilus | breviatus | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215. |
| Philopotamoidea | Philopotamidae | Dolophilus | moestus | (Banks) | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Witch Hole", Breakneck Brook", "Bubble Brook") town?: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Somes Sound Inlet") |
| Phryganeoidea | Lepidostomatidae (Lepidostomatinae) | Lepidostoma | americana | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 213.) |
| Phryganeoidea | Lepidostomatidae (Lepidostomatinae) | Lepidostoma | costale | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 213., as Olemira costalis) |
| Phryganeoidea | Lepidostomatidae (Lepidostomatinae) | Lepidostoma | togatum | Banks | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 213.) |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae (Phryganeinae) | Banksiola | dossuaria | Betten. | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 210., "N. E. Harbor") |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae (Phryganeinae) | Banksiola | selina | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 210., "Penikese") |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae (Phryganeinae) | Banksiola | smithi | (Banks) | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 210.) |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae (Phryganeinae) | Oligostomis | canadensis | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 210., "Corfield") Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 210.) |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae (Phryganeinae) | Phryganea | cinera | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 209., "N. E. Harbor") |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae (Phryganeinae) | Phryganea | sayi | Milne | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 209., "Penikese") |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae (Phryganeinae) | Ptilostomis | semifasciata | Say | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 210., "Penikese", "Corfield") |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae | Dasystegia | improba | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 210.) |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae | Dasystegia | vestita | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 210.) |
| Phryganeoidea | Phryganeidae | Neuronia | postica | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 210.) |
| Rhyacophiloidea | Rhyacophilidae | Rhyacophila | fuscula | Walker | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 216., "Along Middle Road") |
| Rhyacophiloidea | Rhyacophilidae | Rhyacophila | glaberrima | Ulm. | ? | Mount Desert?: Procter (1946, p. 216., "Section 23" [= "Bar Harbor road, N. E. of Somes Sound"]) |
| Rhyacophiloidea | Rhyacophilidae | Rhyacophila | invaria | Walker | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 216., "Long Pond", [see note 1 below]) |
| Rhyacophiloidea | Rhyacophilidae | Rhyacophila | torva | Hagen | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 216., "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook], "Duck Brook") |
| Sericostomatoidea | Helicopsychidae | Helicopsyche | borealis | Hagen | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Echo Lake") |
| Sericostomatoidea | Sericostomatidae | Mormoyia | sackeni | Banks | ? | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Eden") |
| Sericostomatoidea | Sericostomatidae | Mormoyia | vernalis | Banks | ? | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 215., "Seal Harbor Brook") |