| Pattern/Latin cross reference |
| Trout don't speak Latin ... Dave Hughes |
| A cross reference of common fly names to taxonomic names. This is a compilation of sixteen hatch charts and various other sources. Numbers in brackets indicate number of times the charts agreed. Last update Jan 14 2004 Acentrella carolina Blue Dun Blue Wing Olive (4) Acroneuria sp. Golden Stonefly #8-4x (2) Acroneuria evoluta Great Yellow Stonefly Acroneuria lycorias Golden stone or Willow fly (2) Allocapnia granulata Tiny Early Winter Black Stonefly (2) Allocapnia vivipara Tiny Early Winter Black Stonefly (2) Alloperla sp. Little Yellow or Green Stonefly Alloperla caudata Little Yellow Stonefly Alloperla imbecilla Little Green Stonefly (3) Alloperla signata Little olive stone Ameletus Dark Brown Spinner Ameletus ludens Dark Quill Gordon #12-14 (2) Amiocentrus aspilus Little western weedy-water sedge Anthopotamus distinctus Cream Variant Arctopsyche Grey Spotted Sedge Attenella attenuata Tiny Dun Variant Baetis bicaudatus Iron Blue Dun (BWO), Little dark blue winged olive #20 Baetis bruneicolor Dark blue winged Olive #18-20 Baetis cingulatus Tiny Blue winged Olive (2), Blue Wing Olive Baetis flavistriga Dark blue winged Olive #20-22, Slate Winged Brown Quill Baetis hageni Dark blue winged Olive #20 Baetis heimalis Slate Wing Brown Mayfly (2), Blue winged olive Baetisca laurentina Speckled Winged Dun Baetis levitans Blue winged olive (2), Little Medium Olive #22 Baetis parvus Little Blue Quill (BWO), Light blue winged Olive #20 Baetis phoebus Dark blue winged Olive #20-22 Baetis propincus Iron Blue Dun (BWO) (2) Baetis pygmaeus Little Medium Olive #22 (3) Baetis sp. Dark Blue Quill Baetis tricaudatus Blue winged Olive (5), Dark blue winged Olive #18-20, Little Blue Dun, Little Blue Quill (BWO) Baetis vagans Blue Wing Olive (4), Dark Blue Winged Olive #18-20 (2) Blasturus cupidas Red Quill Brachycentrus Black caddis, Light wing, apple green body caddis #16-20 Brachycentrus americanus American grannom (5) Brachycentrus appalachia Little black caddis #16 Brachycentrus lateralis Little black caddis #16 Brachycentrus numerosus Grannom Caddis Leadwing Coachman (2), Little black caddis #16 Brachycentrus occidentalis Early grannom Brachycentrus solomoni Little black caddis #16 Brachyptera fasciata Early Brown Stonefly (2) Brachyptera nigripennis Early Brown Stone Caenis hilaris Tiny White Winged Curse Calineuria Californica Golden stone Callibaetis sp. Speckle-Wing Quill, Grey Quill (2) Callibaetis americanus Ginger Quill, Grey Quill Callibaetis coloradensis Grey Quill Callibaetis ferrugineus Speckled Winged Dun Callibaetis nigritus Grey Quill, Pale Olive Quill, Ginger Quill Capnia vernalis Little Black Stone Black Hares Ear (2) Capnia wavmer Early Black Stone Ceraclea transversa Dark long-horned sedge #16 Ceratopsyche bifida Cinnamon caddis #16 Ceratopsyche sparna Cinnamon caddis #16 Ceratopsyche slossonae Cinnamon caddis #16 Cheumatopsyche Little Spotted Sedge Cheumatopsyche campyla Little sister sedge #18 (2) Cheumatopsyche harwoodi Little sister sedge #18 Cheumatopsyche lasia Little sister sedge #18 Cheumatopsyche pettiti Little sister sedge #18 Cheumatopsyche speciosa Little sister sedge #18 Cheumatopysche sp Little Green Sedge Chimarra aterrima Little Black Caddis (7) Chimarra obscura Little Black Caddis Cynigmula subaequalis Speckled Winged Dun Cinygmula ramaleyi Dark Red Quill, Dark Great Red Quill Claassenia sabulosa Giant Golden Stone (2) Cloeon ingens Tiny BWO Dicosmoecus sp. Great Orange Caddis Diptera Midges Diptera Crane fly Dolophilodes aequalis Medium evening sedge Dolophilodes distinctus Medium evening sedge Drunella coloradenis Slate-Winged Olive Drunella cornuta Large Blue Wing Olive Drunella doddsi Western Green Drake Drunella flavilinea Small Western Green Drake Drunella grandis Western Green Drake (2) Drunella lata Blue WInged Olive Drunella walkeri Blue winged olive Epeorus fraudator Quill Gordon (2) Epeorus longimanus Dark Gordon Quill Epeorus nitidus Dark Great Red Quill Epeorus pleuralis Quill Gordon (10), Gray Winged Quill Gordon Epeorus vitrea Pale Watery Dun (3), Little Marryatt (2), Ginger Quill, Little Sulphur Dun Epeorus vitreus Pink Cahill (2), Quill Gordon #12-14, Light Cahill, Pale Evening Dun female, Yellow Quill Ephemera guttulata Green Drake (5), Coffin Fly (2), Eastern Green Drake (2), Grey Fox Variant (2), White Wulff (2) Ephemera simulans Brown Drake (5), Cream Variant (3), Yellow Drake (2), Golden Drake, Green Drake Ephemerella attenuata Blue Winged Olive (2), Blue Quill, Light Blue Wing Olive Ephemerella cornuta Blue Winged Olive #14-16 (4), Light Blue Winged Olive Ephemerella cornutella Light Blue Wing Olive #18 (2) Ephemerella deficiens Dark Blue Wing Olive #20-22 (2), Blue Quill Ephemerella depressa Dark Blue Wing Olive #18-20 (2) Ephemerella doddsi Western Green Drake Ephemerella dorothea Sulphur Dun (6), Little Marryatt (2), Pale Evening Dun (2), Pale Watery Dun (2) Ephemerella glacialis Western Green Drake Ephemerella grandis Dark Great Red Quill, Western Green Drake Ephemerella hecuba Giant western red quill Ephemerella inermis Pale Morning Dun (3), Pale Olive Quill Ephemerella infrequens Pale Morning Dun Ephemerella invaria Hendrickson (3), True Hendrickson (2), Light Cahill, Light Hendrickson, Light Hendrickson female, Pale Evening Dun Ephemerella lacustris Pale morning dun Ephemerella lata Slate Winged Olive (3), Dark Blue Wing Olive (2) Ephemerella needhami Red Quill (3) Ephemerella rotunda Sulfur dun (4), Light Hendrickson (3), Hendrickson (2), Pale Evening Dun, Dark Hendrickson, Red Quill Ephemerella septenttrionalis Pale evening dun Ephemerella simple Dark Slate Wing Olive (2) Ephemerella subvaria Dark Hendrickson (8), Red Quill (8), Hendrickson (female) (5) Ephemerella walkeri Slate Winged Olive (2), Olive Dun Ephoron album White Fly Mayfly (5) Ephoron leukon White Fly Frenesia Dot Wing Winter Sedge Glossosoma sp. Medium wing, medium brown body cadddis #14-18 Glossosoma nigrior Tiny black caddis (short horn sedge) #20 Glossosoma velona Tan short horn sedge Helicopsyche borealis Cinnamon caddis, Speckled peter caddis Hephemerella walkeri Olive Dun (2) Heptagenia sp. Light Cahill Heptagenia aphrodite Pale evening dun Heptagenia elegantula Dark Quill Gordon, Western yellow drake, Grey drake Heptagenia hebe Light Blue Wing Olive Heptagenia simplicoides Red Quill, Grey Drake Hesperoperla pacifica Pacific Stonefly, Small golden stone, Golden stone Hesperophylax sp. Silver Striped Sedge Hexagenia altrocaudata Slate Drake (2) Hexagenia limbata Giant Michigan Mayfly (2), Big Yellow May, Dark Michigan May, Great Olive Winged Drake, Great Leadwing Drake, Light Michigan Mayfly Hexagenia recurvata Dark Green Drake (3), Brown Drake Hydatophylax sp. Giant Cream Sedge Hydropsyche sp. Cinammon Caddis, Light wing medium brown body caddis #16-20, Light wing tan body caddis #18-20, Medium wing tan body caddis #16-22, Spotted Sedge Hydropsyche betteni Cinammon Caddis Hydropsyche bronta Net Building Caddis, Little olive caddis Hydropsyche cockerelli Spotted sedge (2) Hydropsyche morosa Cinammon Caddis Hydropsyche sparna Cinammon Caddis Hydropsyche simulans Net Building Caddis Hydropsyche symphitopsyche Tan Caddis Hydroptila sp. Micro-caddis Iron fraudator Quill Gordon Isogenus species Olive stone Isonychia bicolor Slate Drake (3), White Gloved Howdy Mayfly (3), Leadwing Coachman (2), Mahohany Dun (2), Grey variant (2), Adams Isonychia harperi Slate Drake (3), Leadwing coachman Isonychia sadleri Mahogany Dun (2), Dark Olive Dun, Slate Drake, Leadwing coachman Isoperla bilineata Little Yellow Stonefly Yellow Sally Isoperla mormona Yellow sally (2) Isoperla signata Light Brown Stonefly Isoperla transmarina Yellow sally Lepidostoma sp. Little Plain Brown Sedge Lepidostoma pluviale Plain brown sedge Lepidostoma veleda Little brown sedge Leptophlebia cupida Black Quill (4), Red Quill (2), Borcher's Drake (2), Whirling Dun (2) Leptophlebia gravestella Black Quill, Borchers drake Leptophlebia johnsoni Iron Blue Dun (5), Blue Quill, Jenny Spinner Leptophlebia nebulosa Black Quill, Borchers drake Leptophlebia pacifica Black Quill, Borchers drake Leuctridae sp. Tiny Late Winter Black Stonefly Leuctra tenuis Tiny late winter black stonefly Leucrocuta sp. Little Evening Sulphur Leucrocuta hebe Little Yellow Quill Leucrocuta marginalis Light Cahill (2) Limnephilus Summer Flyer Sedge Limnephilus submonilifor Creme Caddis Litobrancha recurvata Green Drake (2) Lype diversa Dark eastern woodland sedge Macronema Glossy Wing Sedge Macrostemum zebratum Zebra caddis #12 Micrasema rusticum Tiny black caddis #20 Micrasema scotti Tiny black caddis #20 Micrasema wataga Tiny black caddis Mystacides sp. Medium Black Caddis, Black Dancer Mystocides sepulchralis Black Dancer Caddisfly (2) Nectopsyche White Miller Caddis (3) Nectopsyche albida White Miller #16 Nectopsyche exquisita White Miller #16 Nemoura nigritta Tiny late winter black stonefly Nemouridae sp. Tiny Early Winter Black Stonefly, Tiny Late Winter Black Stonefly Neophylax Autumn Mottled Sedge Neureclipsis sp. Brown checkered summer sedge Neureclipsis crepuscularis Little red twilight sedge Nyctiophylax moestus Dinky light summer sedge Oecetis avara Long horn sedge #16 (3) Oecetis persimilis Tan long horn sedge Oxyethira sp. Tiny black caddis Paracapnia angulata Early black stonefly Paracapnia opis Early black stonefly Paragentina media Big Golden Stonefly (2) Paraleptophlebia adoptiva Blue Quill (10), Little Red Quill #16-18 (2), Slate Wing Mahogony (2), Dark Red Quill, Mahogany Dun Paraleptophlebia bicornuta Mahogony Dun Paraleptophlebia debilis Small Slate Mahogany Dun (2), Dark Blue Quill Paraleptophlebia mollis Blue Quill (4), Dark Blue Quill (4), Jenny Spinner, Small mahogany dun #16-18 Paraleptophlebia packi Dark Blue Quill, Iron Blue Dun Perlidae sp. Giant Brown Stonefly #8-4x Perlodidae lsogenus Medium Bown Stonefly (2) Perlodidae lsoperla Medium Brown Stonefly Phasganophora capitata Great Brown Stonefly Phryganlidae ptilostomis Great Orange Sedge Caddis (2) Platycentropus Chocolate and Cream Sedge Polycentropus cinerus Brown checkered summer sedge Potomanthus distinctus Cream Variant, Cream Cahill, Golden Drake, Yellow Drake Pseudocloen anoka Tiny Blue Winged Olive (4), Little Medium Olive #22 Pseudocloen carolina Little Dark Olive #20-22 Pseudocloen dubium Blue winged olive Pseudocloen edmunsi Tiny Western Olive(BWO), Light blue winged olive #20 Pseudocloen futile Blue winged olive Pseudocloen punctiventris Tiny Blue Winged Olive Pseudocloeon Tiny Blue Wing Olive Psilotreta Dark Blue Wing Sedge, Black caddis Psilotreta frontalis Dark blue sedge #14 (3), Dun Caddis Psilotreta indecisa Dark blue sedge #14 Psilotreta labida Dark blue sedge #14 Psychomyia flavida Dark purple-breasted sedge Pteronarcys Black Stonefly #4-6-4x Pteronarcys californica Salmonfly (stonefly) (3) Pteronarcys dorsata Salmon Fly Stonefly #2-8 (3), Giant Black Stonefly Ptilostomis Giant Rusty Sedge Pycnopsyche Great Brown Autumn Sedge Pyryganea Rusty Sedge Rhithrogena impersonata Dark Quill Gordon (3) Rhithrogena morrisoni Western march brown (3), Black quill Rhithrogena undulata Western black quill, Red quill Rhyacophila sp Green Rock Worm, Green Caddis Rhyacophila bifila Green sedge (2) Rhyacophila fenestra Green Rock Worm Caddis (2) Rhyacophila fuscula Green sedge (green rock worm) #14 (2) Rhyacophila invaria Green sedge (green rock worm) #14 Rhyacophila manistee Green sedge (green rock worm) #14 Rhyacophila melita Green sedge (green rock worm) #14 Rhyacophila vuphipes Green sedge (green rock worm) #14 Rhyacophilia Medium wing, medium olive body caddis #16-20 Sephlonurus alternatus Late Gray Drake (2) Serratella deficiens Little Dark Hendrickson Serratella tibialis Small Western Hendrickson Siphlonurus Black or Gray Drake Siphlonurus alternatus Gray Drake #8-10 Siphlonurus occidentalis Dark Grey Drake, Gray drake, Light Grey Drake Siphlonurus quebecensis Cahill Quill (2), Brown Quill, Gray Drake Siphlonurus rapidus Early Gray Drake (2) Siphloplecton basale Great Speckled Olive Mayfly (2) Stenacrons Summer Sulphurs Stenacron interpunctatum Light Cahill (3) Stenonema canadense Light Cahill (7), Ginger Quill, Cream Cahill Stenonema frontale Light Cahill Stenonema fuscum Grey Fox (7), Sand Drake (2), Ginger Quill (2) Stenonema interpunctatum Light Cahill Stenonema ithaca Light Cahill (5) Stenonema mediopunctatum Cream Cahill Stenonema modestum Cream Cahill (3), Delaware Cahill Stenonema pulchellum Cream Cahill (3) Stenonema vicarium American March Brown (11) Stenonemas Summer Sulphurs Strophopteryx fasciata Early Brown Stonefly Symphitopsyche slossanae Spotted Sedge Taeniopteryx Early Black and Brown Stonefly Taeniopteryx burksi Early brown stonefly Taeniopteryx fasciata Early Brown Stone Taeniopteryx maura Black Tan Stone Black Hares Ear Taeniopteryx nivalis Early Black Stonefly (2) Tricorythodes minutus Trico (Tiny white winged black mayfly) (4) Tricorythodes stygiatus Trico (Tiny White-winged Black) (3) Wormaldia anilla Little Autumn Sedge Wormaldia gabriella Little Autumn Sedge Wormaldia moesta Little Autumn Sedge |
IMPORTANT. Genus and/or species of insects are continually being re-classified. The chart below was sent to me by a fly-fisherman in Washington State who states that "Early in my fly-fishing maturation, I developed a keen interest in aquatic entomology, and have pursued it, particularly since retirement, with a zeal my wife believes to be obsessive." I imagine that kind of good natured comment rings a bell with a lot of fly-fishermen. The information was gathered from a fantastic site at The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) The underlining indicates an error/correction in spelling. The arrow -> indicates a change in taxonomic classification. Yellow highlighting indicates a Genus and /or Species needing change. Green highlighting indicates the corrected Genus and/or Species.
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