Species: Malenka flexura
Twisted Forestfly
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Nymph described by Stewart and Stark (2002).
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Nemouridae
Genus
Malenka
NatureServe
Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Stoneflies
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Plecoptera - Nemouridae - Malenka
Ecology and Life History
Nymph described by Stewart and Stark (2002).
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
Adults emerge from April to June in the Pacific Northwest and as late as September in Montana (Gaufin et al., 1972).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-09-28
Global Status Last Changed
1998-06-18
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
GH - 200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles) - GH - It occurs in the Coastal, Cascade, and Rocky Mountains as far north as Alberta (Stewart and Oswood, 2006).
Global Range Code
GH
Global Range Description
200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)