Paranemoura perfecta (Walker, 1852)

Paranemoura perfecta (Walker, 1852) View in CoL

Notes

This species is commonly known as the Spotted Forestfly ( Stark et al. 2012). The distribution of P. perfecta extends from the Canadian Maritime Provinces west to Michigan and southwest along the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina and Tennessee ( DeWalt et al. 2024, Grubbs and Baumann 2023). No detailed studies have been conducted on the biology or life history attributes of this species. In Canada and northern New England states, the range P. perfecta and P. claasseni Baumann, 1996 overlap, and in some instances both species have been found in the same stream ( Baumann 1996 a). In New York, adults of this species were collected early April through mid-July (Fig. 18 View Figure 18 ) from small to medium sized streams at elevations ranging from 119-602 m asl (Fig. 19 View Figure 19 ). This species was commonly collected in Level III Ecoregion Northeastern Highlands (58), with other sporadic reports in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands (83) and North Central Appalachians (62) (Fig. 20 d View Figure 20 d ). Because a historical record for P. claasseni occurs from nearby New Hampshire ( Baumann 1996 a), this species may eventually be collected in New York.