What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Square Caddisfly been recorded?

Lepidostoma hirtum occurrence evidence comes from 9,913 records in 24 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaTrichopteraLepidostomatidaeLepidostoma

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

9,913 records across 24 countries and territories, 1875–2026.

Lepidostoma hirtum · GBIF taxon key 5054529

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18752026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Square Caddisfly has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Square Caddisfly. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 7,085
Germany 1,240
Austria 546
Luxembourg 477
Hungary 235
Finland 114
Italy 51
United Kingdom 33
Russia 23
Belgium 21
France 15
Spain 14
Romania 14
Denmark 11
Greece 10
Czechia 5
Slovenia 5
Türkiye 4
Portugal 3
Åland Islands 2
Liechtenstein 2
Switzerland 1
Norway 1
Slovakia 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.