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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Psocetae » Common Barklice (Psocidae) » Psocinae » Ptyctini » Loensia » Loensia moesta
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Winged Barklouse with mottled brown & beige patterned wings; walking on ceiling - Loensia moesta
Copyright © 2015 Emile

Winged Barklouse with mottled brown & beige patterned wings; walking on ceiling - Loensia moesta
Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 24, 2014
Size: ~~ 2 mm (rough estimate)
Came indoors, attracted to light bulb.

It looks like it could belong in genus Loensia, and it resembles L. moesta quite well, but not its (known) range ...

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Winged Barklouse with mottled brown & beige patterned wings; walking on ceiling - Loensia moesta Winged Barklouse with mottled brown & beige patterned wings; walking on ceiling - Loensia moesta
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Contributed by Emile on 17 February, 2015 - 8:54pm
Last updated 3 March, 2015 - 3:41pm

Loensia sp., probably L. moesta (Hagen) --det E.L. Mockford
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… v belov, 3 March, 2015 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot, =V= & Dr. Mockford !!
Highly appreciated, to get an identification by the father of Psocology himself; enabled by =V=, our BG-guru !
… Emile, 3 March, 2015 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

This one could be.. Loensia maculosa
This species has a dark spot at the M + Cu1 split. According to Mockford (1)the range is : "Pacific Coastal states from Riverside County, California north to King County, Washington".
… Diane Young, 19 February, 2015 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Diane !
I concur that it could be L. Maculosa.
They all appear to have a fair amount of variation of wing pattern coloration.
L. Maculosa's range certainly matches better.
It would imply a small (south)western range extension.

Thanks for working on this fascinating, but understudied, group.
I love your photos.
… Emile, 19 February, 2015 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 18 February, 2015 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

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