Lepidostomatidae, Ulmer, 1903

Karaouzas, Ioannis, Zawal, Andrzej, Michoński, Grzegorz & Pešić, Vladimir, 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the caddisfly fauna of Montenegro - New data and records from the karstic springs of Lake Skadar basin, Ecologica Montenegrina 22, pp. 34-39 : 37

Family Lepidostomatidae

Lepidostoma hirtum (Fabricius, 1775)

KIA 06(A), second spring at Zeta River near Pričelje, 29.V.2018, 1 ♂ pupa. First record for Montenegro. Lepidostoma hirtum is widespread throughout Europe and European Russia. From the Balkan Peninsula, it is present in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Slovenia. Its presence in Montenegro fills the gap between its Balkan northernmost record (Croatia) and its southernmost (Greece). Larvae inhabit rivulets, small streams and rivers, the lake littoral and can even be found in brackish water ( Tobias & Tobias, 1981; Waringer & Graf 2011; Wallace et al. 2003). They are often found among roots or debris of Alnus spp .