Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)

Majka, Christopher G. & Mccorquodale, David B., 2006, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation concerns, Zootaxa 1154, pp. 49-68 : 61

Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Kings County: Woodville Mills, 16 August 2002, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Queens County: Harrington, summer 1998, M.E.M. Smith, ACPE; Prince County: Summerside, 4 September 2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC.

Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. Harmonia axyridis is an Asian species intentionally introduced to North American and established in Louisiana in 1988 and Mississippi in 1990 ( Hoebeke & Wheeler 1996). It has since colonized almost the entire eastern United States and southern Canada and there are now populations in Washington, Oregon, California, and British Columbia ( Hoebeke & Wheeler 1996). It was reported in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1995 by Hoebeke & Wheeler (1996) & McCorquodale (1998) and is now common and widespread in many areas of both provinces. On Prince Edward Island it remains an uncommon species.