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Metylophorus nebulosus

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Metylophorus nebulosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Psocidae
Genus: Metylophorus
Species:
M. nebulosus
Binomial name
Metylophorus nebulosus
(Stephens, 1836)

Metylophorus nebulosus is a species of Psocoptera from the Psocidae family that can be found in Great Britain and Ireland. They can also be found in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.[1] The species are either black or brown coloured.[2]

Habitat

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The species feed on beech, birch, bird cherry, blackthorn, broom, elder, elm, field maple, holm oak, pine, sallow, sea buckthorn, spruce, and yew. It also likes to feed on apples.[2]

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