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Loensia variegata (Latreille, 1799)

Uncommon in Britain and Ireland.


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The National Biodiversity Network records are shown on the map below.

Distribution map for Loensia variegata
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The following datasets are included:

  • National Trust - Wicken Fen nature reserve species data held by The National Trust
  • National Barkfly Recording Scheme - Outdoor Psocoptera (barkfly) records for Britain & Ireland, 1850 to present.
  • Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre - BRERC October 2009
  • Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre - Patrick Roper's Notebooks
  • Countryside Council for Wales - Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID)
  • Tullie House Museum - Tullie House Museum. Invertebrate Records other than Lepidoptera. Pre-2009 for Cumbria
  • Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.
  • Worcestershire Biological Records Centre - WBRC Species data for Worcestershire collated by date.
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Region Main date range Extreme dates
North Unknown 6 July - 16 September
South Unknown 16 June - 10 January


Summary: found on trunks and branches of range of deciduous and evergreen trees/bushes.

Associations:

  • Deciduous branches: apple, ash, birch, hawthorn, oak, pear and plum.
  • Deciduous trunks: ash, beech, birch, holly and oak.
  • Conifer/evergreen branches: holly and yew.

Sampling techniques: beating branches and brushing tree trunks.




 

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