Scarce in England and Wales.
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
- Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.

Summary: most frequently found in base-rich grasslands.
Associations:
- Deciduous branches: hawthorn and willow.
- Other microhabitats: among reeds, dry grassland, marshy places and rank limestone grassland.
Sampling techniques: beating branches and sweep netting.