Sirocalodes sericans (LeConte, 1876), new to Quebec

Tonnancour, Pierre de, Anderson, Robert S., Bouchard, Patrice, Chantal, Claude, Dumont, Stephane & Vigneault, Robert, 2017, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada, ZooKeys 681, pp. 95-117 : 101

Sirocalodes sericans (LeConte, 1876), new to Quebec

Species identification confirmed by Hiraku Yoshitake, 2014

Note.

This native species was previously known in Canada from Manitoba and Ontario ( Bousquet et al. 2013), but its presence in Ontario was reported for the first time only recently ( Proctor et al. 2010) based on one specimen collected in Algonquin Provincial Park in 2007. The host plant is unknown ( Anderson et al. 2014).

Specimen data.

MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Saint-Lazare, 12VI2013 (14:00), sandpit, beaten from Brassica sp., P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO).