Peripsocus phaeopterus is a species of Psocoptera from the Peripsocidae family that can be found in Great Britain and Ireland. The species are black coloured.[1]
| Peripsocus phaeopterus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Peripsocidae |
| Genus: | Peripsocus |
| Species: | P. phaeopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Peripsocus phaeopterus (Stephens, 1836)
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Habitat
editThe species feed on Alnus incana, beech, birch, broom, elm, hawthorn, hazel, hornbeam, larch, oak, pine, sea buckthorn, and yew. It also likes to feed on lime.[1]