Epicauta pestifera Werner, 1949***

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Stenotrachelidae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Myceteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, Anthicidae, and Aderidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 279-307 : 287

Epicauta pestifera Werner, 1949*** Map 8

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Sunbury Co., 9.5 km NE jct. Rt. 101 & 645, 45.7586°N, 66.6755°W, 30.VIII.2008, R. P. Webster, old field with open sandy areas, sweeping cow vetch (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

One individual was collected from cow vetch ( Vicia cracca L.) in an old field with open sandy areas during late August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, NB (new Canadian records). This species was not recorded from Canada by Campbell (1991c). There is one specimen in the CNC from Ontario from Elgin Co., Sparta, East Bridge Trail, 5 September 1992, Neva Carmichael.