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Pteroxanium kelloggi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lepidopsocidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Psocoptera

Genus
  
Pteroxanium

Pteroxanium kelloggi is a species of Psocoptera from Lepidopsocidae family that can be found in France, Great Britain, Ireland, and Madeira. The species are brownish-orange coloured with white spots, and are similar to Cerobasis guestfalica.

Habitat

The species feed on ash, cedar, gorse, ivy, larch, oak, pine, and yew. They also feed on plants such as rhododendrons. They can also be found on decayed fence-posts, foxglove seed-heads, under logs, and leaf litter.

References

Pteroxanium kelloggi Wikipedia