Ectopsocus petersi is a species of Psocoptera from the Ectopsocidae family that can be found in Great Britain and Ireland. The species are brownish-orange coloured and is similar to Ectopsocus briggsi.

Habitat

The species feed on trees such as: Alder ash Beech Birch Bird cherry Blackthorn Cherry laurel Chinese juniper Elm hawthorn Hazel Hebe Ivy Juniper Larch Pine Privet Oak Sallow Spruce Sycamore Sea-buckthorn Willow

Ectopsocus petersi

They also feed on fruits such as apple, bramble, horse chestnut, laurel, lime, pear, and rowan. The species also don't mind to feed on plants such as rhododendron, bracket fungus and leaf litter. They are also hungry for Buxus, Chrysanthemum, and Dianthus species of plants on which they feed while flying in England.

Ectopsocus petersi

References

Ectopsocidae

Insects described in 1978

Psocoptera of Europe

Ectopsocus petersi