What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Potamophylax cingulatus been recorded?

Potamophylax cingulatus occurrence evidence comes from 5,496 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1901 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaTrichopteraLimnephilidaePotamophylax

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

5,496 records across 21 countries and territories, 1901–2026.

Potamophylax cingulatus · GBIF taxon key 5054428

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

7 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: August. 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

19012026

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

Where Potamophylax cingulatus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Potamophylax cingulatus. 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 2,369
Austria 1,599
Germany 933
Italy 296
Luxembourg 95
Hungary 66
Finland 26
Liechtenstein 26
France 15
United Kingdom 15
Slovenia 11
Romania 10
Czechia 7
Iceland 7
Switzerland 5
Belgium 4
Denmark 4
Bulgaria 3
Spain 2
Faroe Islands 2
Norway 1

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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.