Pteroxanium kelloggi

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| genus = Pteroxanium

| species = kelloggi

| authority = (Ribaga, 1905)

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Pteroxanium kelloggi is a species of bark louse in the Lepidopsocidae family of the order Psocoptera. It can be found in France, Great Britain, Ireland, and Madeira.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060928160531/http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution_table.php Distribution] It is brownish-orange with white spots and is similar to Cerobasis guestfalica.[http://www.brc.ac.uk/schemes/barkfly/account.aspx?SpeciesID=53 Description, distribution, and habitat]

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.

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Category:Stenopsocidae

Category:Insects described in 1905

Category:Psocoptera of Europe

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