Conotrachelus pusillus LeConte, 1878, new to Canada

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 : 102

Conotrachelus pusillus LeConte, 1878, new to Canada

Species identification confirmed by RSA, 2015, 2016

Note.

This native species was previously known to occur in eastern North America from New York and Florida to Kansas and Texas ( O’Brien and Wibmer 1982). Host plants are unknown.

Specimen data.

[MRC Deux-Montagnes] Parc national d’Oka, composting site, 23VII2011, R. Vigneault (1, CRVI); same except: plage d’Oka, 2VIII2011 (1, CRVI); [MRC Marguerite-D’Youville] Varennes, 8IX2015, attracted to UV lamp, C. Chantal (1, CCCH); MRC Deux-Montagnes, Parc national d’Oka, 21VII2015 (1:00), beaten from foliage of Carya ovata , P. de Tonnancour (1, CPTO).