Scarce in Britain and Ireland.
The National Biodiversity Network records are shown on the map below.
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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.
- Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre - Patrick Roper's Notebooks
- Dr Francis Rose Field Notebook Project - Field Notebook Records of Dr Francis Rose 1950's to 1990's
- Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.
- Scottish Wildlife Trust - Commissioned surveys and staff surveys and reports for SWT reserves.
- National Trust - Hatfield Forest species data held by The National Trust.
Summary: has been recorded on various deciduous and coniferous/evergreen trees and bushes. Lienhard (1998) noted that the species prefers humid conditions (such as riverine woodlands) and the environment may be more important than the specific tree species.
Associations:
- Deciduous branches: apple, ash, oak, sallow and sycamore.
- Deciduous trunks: beech.
- Conifer/evergreen branches: ivy and sitka spruce.
Sampling techniques: beating branches and brushing tree trunks.
