Cave fauna of Greece database

Ceraclea senilis (Burmeister, 1839)

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Leptoceridae
Genus: Ceraclea

Characterisation: Trogloxene

Distribution: Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

Spilaio Gkoloubintsas, Lindberg 1955d, Malicky 2005, Beron 2016
Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria

IUCN Red List: NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book: NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases: Fauna Europea; GBIF; PESI; NCBI

Species references

Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
Malicky H. 2005. Die Köcherfliegen Griechenlands (Trichoptera).. Denisia 17:1–240

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Ceraclea senilis (Burmeister, 1839). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.03.2018, Accessed 08.02.2026