Summary: unlike most barkflies this species is usually found in the ground layer particularly in leaf litter or under stones/dead wood. Very rarely found on trees.
Assocations:
- Deciduous branches: apple.
- Conifer/evergreen branches: conifer.
- Other microhabitats: leaf and other ground litter, strandline driftwood and under dead branch.
Sampling techniques: litter sieving, searching under stones/dead wood, pitfall trap, water trap and beating branches.
