Crustacea: Copepoda - Cerambycoidea.com

Hoplothrips polysticti (Morison) - On pine dead wood, feeding on the fungus Polystictus
abietinus; Only Scotland during 1939-1964.
Hoplothrips semicaecus (Uzel) - On dead wood of broadleaves; mainly in south-east of
England.
Hoplothrips ulmi (Fabricius) - On dead wood of broadleaves, feeding on fungi - possibly
Peniophora; widespread and common.
Hoplothrips unicolor Vuillet - ?Naturalised. On dead pine branches, feeding on the fungus
Polystictus abietinus; locally common from 1939-1964 in Aberdeen and Kincardine,
probably introduced.
Phlaeothrips annulipes Reuter - Occurs on dead twigs and branches of birch, feeding on
fungal mycelia and spores. Widespread and locally abundant.
Phlaeothrips coriaceus Haliday - Infrequent; on dead branches.
Poecilothrips albopictus Uzel - On dead branches; near Ascot, Berkshire.
Raphidioptera
Raphidiidae – Snakeflies. The larvae of snakeflies are predatory and forage beneath bark
on dead wood. The adults are largely arboreal. None have been found in Ireland.
Subilla confinis (Stephens) =Raphidia cognata Rambur - Local and uncommon; southern and
eastern England.
Atlantoraphidia maculicollis (Stephens) - Reputedly restricted to large conifer plantations;
larvae have been reared from under loose bark of pine logs; widespread in Britain but
most frequent in Surrey and Hampshire.
Phaeostigma notata (Fabricius) - Has been reared from larvae found in oak deadwood;
widespread across lowland England, extending into the Welsh borders
Xanthostigma xanthostigma (Schummel) - Has been reared from larvae found in oak
deadwood; widespread and locally common in Midlands and East Anglia, but few
records in southern and western counties.
Trichoptera - Caddis Flies
Psychomyiidae
Lype phaeopa (Stephens) - Submerged rotting twigs and branches in rivers, lakes and
streams, but mainly in the larger water bodies; common throughout Britain, although
scarcer in Scotland.
Lype reducta (Hagen) - Submerged rotting twigs and branches in streams and to a lesser
extent in rivers; common throughout Britain.
Lepidoptera - Moths
Cossidae
Zeuzera pyrina Linnaeus - Leopard Moth. The larval stage lasts 2-3 years, boring into live
branches of various broadleaved trees and shrubs in woods, gardens, parkland and
orchards. Widespread in lowland southern Britain, rarer in west.
Cossus cossus Linnaeus - Goat Moth. Nationally Scarce B. The larva feeds internally on the
solid wood of various broad-leaved trees, most usually elm, poplar, ash & willow, and
generally stressed or over-mature trees; overwinters 3-4 times, passing final winter in
cocoon in the ground in which it eventually pupates; dense woods to isolated
riverbank trees; very local, but widely scattered throughout Britain.
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