Hydroptila lotensis
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - caddis fly (Trichoptera) > Caddisfly |
| Red List Status: | Near Threatened (Not Relevant) [NT(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Hydroptila lotensis |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Mosely, 1930 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Wallace, 2016 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | An apparently expanding species that seems well established in the lower Severn and Wye and tributaries such as the Lugg and probably smaller streams too. (2023 record from Afon Tawe near Swansea and also expanding in Ireland with no records in 2015 Atlas but now recorded from 5 hectads). |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | An apparently expanding species that seems well established in the lower Severn and Wye and tributaries such as the Lugg and probably smaller streams too. (2023 record from Afon Tawe near Swansea and also expanding in Ireland with no records in 2015 Atlas but now recorded from 5 hectads). |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | This species would not benefit from untargeted management |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
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Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.