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    Graphopsocus cruciatus | 
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    A moderate sized (4-5mm), ‘picture-winged’ barkfly. One of the commonest species in Britain and Ireland. | 
   
  
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    Areola postica joined to median vein. Characteristic forewing pattern with noticeable cluster of dark patches in the basal half of the wing. | 
   
  
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    Occasionally specimens are found with the centres of the patches colourless. | 
   
 
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