Diversity and seasonality of adult Trichoptera captured in a light‐trap at Yuccabine Creek, a tropical Australian rainforest stream

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Abstract
Seventeen light‐trap samples were taken over a 20 month period at Yuccabine Creek, an upland rainforest stream in north‐eastern Queensland. Seventy‐eight species of Trichoptera were recorded from a total catch of 6431 individuals. The fauna was dominated by the Hydroptilidae (25 species and 5131 individuals) and, though composed primarily of Torresian genera, some Bassian elements were recorded. A seasonal pattern of change of abundance was observed with the majority of tax a exhibiting maxima between December and January (summer) and minima between July and September (winter).
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