Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Elipsocidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Psocoptera Genus Elipsocus | |
Similar Lachesilla pedicularia, Amphigerontia contaminata, Metylophorus nebulosus | ||
Elipsocus hyalinus is a species of Psocoptera from Elipsocidae family that can be found in Great Britain and Ireland. They are also common in countries like Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The species are yellowish-black coloured.
Habitat
The species feed on fruits and berries of various kind including horse chestnut, plum, rowan, snowberry and wayfaring tree. It also feeds on trees such as alder, ash, beech, birch, blackthorn, broom, Chinese juniper, elder, hawthorn, hazel, ivy, juniper, larch, oak, pine, sycamore, sea buckthorn, spruce, and turkey oak, and willow.
References
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