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Small yellow sedge

Psychomyia pusilla (Fabricius, 1781)

Status not recordedinsects

The small yellow sedge (Psychomyia pusilla) is a species in the family Psychomyiidae, order Trichoptera.

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Quick facts about the small yellow sedge

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the small yellow sedge live?

Not recorded

Is the small yellow sedge endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the small yellow sedge classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderTrichoptera
  5. familyPsychomyiidae
  6. genusPsychomyia
  7. SpeciesPsychomyia pusilla (Fabricius, 1781)

Synonyms Anticyra ciliaris, Anticyra gracilipes, Anticyra latipes, Anticyra subochracea, Cyrnus unicolor, Phryganea pusilla, Psychomyia acuta, Psychomyia annulicornis, Psychomyia shelkovnikovi, Psychomyia tenuis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • tunnelehmeslaneEstonian
  • hammasraspikasFinnish
  • クダトビケラJapanese
  • Bontspriet-spookjeDutch

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Relatives of the small yellow sedge

Other species in the same genus Psychomyia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the small yellow sedge?

The small yellow sedge (Psychomyia pusilla) belongs to the family Psychomyiidae in the order Trichoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Small yellow sedge (Psychomyia pusilla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-yellow-sedge

MLA

“Small yellow sedge (Psychomyia pusilla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-yellow-sedge.

BibTeX
@misc{small_yellow_sedge_2026,
  title = {Small yellow sedge (Psychomyia pusilla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-yellow-sedge},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}