Scientific Name
Echmepteryx hageni
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Echmepteryx hageni (Packard, 1870)
Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
| Superphylum | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Subclass | Pterygota |
| Infraclass | Neoptera |
| Superorder | Acercaria |
| Order | Psocodea |
| Suborder | Trogiomorpha |
| Infraorder | Atropetae |
| Family | Lepidopsocidae |
| Subfamily | Lepidopsocinae |
| Genus | Echmepteryx |
| Species | Echmepteryx hageni |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Unknown
Abundance
Common
Species Record Status Tags
- Pre 1998
Taxa Group Tags
- Insect
Taxa Subcategory Tags
- Psocodea
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
0
Vouchers
57
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
KStraub@nps.gov
Created Date
11/2/2018 12:52:15 PM
Last Modified By
etrichardson@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
3/6/2020 3:13:30 PM
Notes
This species is common throughout the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. It inhabits tree trunks and branches, occasionally shaded rock outcrops, feeding primarily on algae. Most populations are female. The species was frequent in the ATBI survey.
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