Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte, 1876)

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae, with additions to the fauna of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ZooKeys 179, pp. 349-406 : 362

Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte, 1876) Map 41

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Gloucester Co., East Allardville (Allardville East), 10.VI.1942, W. Raiche, on Abies balsamea , beating, F.I.S., 42-1-37 (1, AFC). Queens Co., Grand Lake Meadows P.N.A., 45.8227°N, 66.1209°W, 5-19.VII.2011, M. Roy & V. Webster, old silver maple forest and seasonally flooded marsh, Lindgren funnel trap (1, RWC). York Co. Mazerolle Settlement, 45.8729°N, 66.8311°W, 28.IV.2006, R. P. Webster, stream margin (in beaver meadow), on mud with sparse vegetation (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species, known as the carrot weevil or parsley weevil, is associated with various species of Apiaceae , Plantago spp., and Rumex spp. ( O’Brien 1997; Torres and Hoy 2002). In New Brunswick, one adult was beaten from balsam fir ( Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) (probably incidental), another on mud along a stream margin in a beaver meadow, and one adult was captured in a Lindgren funnel trap in an old silver maple swamp. Adults were collected during April, June, and July.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS ( McNamara 1991c; Majka et al. 2007c).