Kingdom Animalia Family Trichopsocidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Booklice | Class Insecta Genus Psococerastis Rank Species | |
Similar Booklice, Metylophorus nebulosus, Psocidae, Trichadenotecnum, Valenzuela flavidus | ||
Psococerastis gibbosa is a species of Psocoptera from the Psocidae family that can be found in Great Britain and Ireland. They are also common in Austria, Benelux, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, and Scandinavia. The species are yellowish-black coloured, and are striped.
Habitat
The species feeds on ash, beech, birch, blackthorn, elder, hawthorn, hazel, larch, oak, pine, and sallow. They sometimes eat apples.
References
Psococerastis gibbosa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA