Uncommon 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 Barkfly Recording Scheme - Outdoor Psocoptera (barkfly) records for Britain & Ireland, 1850 to present.
- Countryside Council for Wales - Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID)
- Tullie House Museum - Tullie House Museum. Invertebrate Records other than Lepidoptera. Pre-2009 for Cumbria

Summary: strongly associated with pine but has also been found on branches of a small number of other trees.
Associations:
- Deciduous branches: oak and sea buckthorn.
- Conifer/evergreen branches: cedar, hemlock (Tsuga) and pine.
Sampling techniques: beating branches.