Archipsocus nomas: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Family
Archipsocidae
Genus
Archipsocus
Species
Archipsocus nomas
Scientific Name
Archipsocus nomas

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Archipsocus nomas

Archipsocus nomas is a web-spinning barklouse, a psocid in the insect family Archipsocidae. It is found in the southeast of the United States, living gregariously on trees, feeding on lichen and fungi and spinning a web that adheres to the trunk and large branches in sheets. The webs are thought to protect the barklice from predators and neither the insects nor the webs cause damage to the trees.

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webbing barklouse

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