Bug FAQChocolate-and-cream Sedge
Platycentropus radiatus · Order: Trichoptera · Family: Limnephilidae
Chocolate-and-cream sedge lives in North America. Its native range is also North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 27 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Michigan, Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Connecticut.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Limnephilidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycentropus_radiatus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.