Biology:Amphigerontia contaminata

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Short description: Species of booklouse

Amphigerontia contaminata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Psocidae
Genus: Amphigerontia
Species:
A. contaminata
Binomial name
Amphigerontia contaminata
(Stephens, 1836)

Amphigerontia contaminata is a species of Psocoptera from Psocidae family that can be found in England , and sometimes Ireland. They are also common in countries like Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Finland , France , Germany , Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway , Poland , Romania, Spain , Switzerland , and the Netherlands.[1] The species are either light black or brown coloured.[2]

Habitat

Feeds on all trees including apple, birch, elder, hawthorn, hazel, oak and sea buckthorn.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4748281 entry