[ Vitaleucopis scopulus Gaimari, 2020: 78]

Type locality: USA: California (HT ♂, CSCA) .

This species is known only from western United States. Given the association with “aborted sugar pine cones”, this species is likely a predator on adelgids or Cinara aphids attacking sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana, since they sometimes infest areas at the bases of new cones and can stunt or abort their development.