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Bookworm

Trogium pulsatorium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The bookworm (Trogium pulsatorium) is a species in the family Trogiidae, order Psocodea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Belarus and Greece.

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Quick facts about the bookworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the bookworm live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The bookworm is listed for 2 countries.

BelarusGreece
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Belarus
  2. Greece

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bookworm as introduced in 6 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Swedeninvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Estonia
  5. Japan
  6. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bookworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bookworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderPsocodea
  5. familyTrogiidae
  6. genusTrogium
  7. SpeciesTrogium pulsatorium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Atropos lignaria, Atropos lignarum, Atropos pulsatorium, Clothilla ocelloria, Clothilla pulsatorium, Clothilla studiosa, Hemerobius pulsatorium, Hemerobius pulsatorius, Psocus pulsatorium, Psylla pulsatoria, Psylla pulsatorium, Termes lignarum, Termes pulsatorium, Troctes pulsatorium, Trogium pulsator

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Common BooklouseEnglish
  • DeathwatchEnglish
  • Grain PsocidEnglish
  • Larger pale BooklouseEnglish
  • Larger pale TrogiidEnglish
  • pisivka bledáCzech
  • rumpupölytäiFinnish
  • DustlúsFaroese
  • コチャタテJapanese
  • 분다듬이벌레Korean
  • Вошь пыльнаяRussian
  • pavoš bledáSlovak
  • väggsmedSwedish
  • 粉茶蛀蟲Chinese
  • コナチャタテJapanese
  • シチャタテJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bookworm

Other species in the same genus Trogium.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the bookworm live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bookworm for 2 countries: Belarus and Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the bookworm an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the bookworm as invasive in 1 country: Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 6 in all.

What kind of animal is the bookworm?

The bookworm (Trogium pulsatorium) belongs to the family Trogiidae in the order Psocodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bookworm (Trogium pulsatorium). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bookworm

MLA

“Bookworm (Trogium pulsatorium).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bookworm.

BibTeX
@misc{bookworm_2026,
  title = {Bookworm (Trogium pulsatorium)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bookworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}