Ischnopterapion (Ischnopterapion) loti (Kirby, 1808) Douglas & Bouchard & Anderson & Tonnancour & Vigneault & Webster, 2013

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 18

Ischnopterapion (Ischnopterapion) loti (Kirby, 1808) new to Canada

Note.

This adventive species is broadly distributed in the Palaearctic Region ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011). In Canada it feeds on the introduced weed Lotus corniculatus L. ( Fabaceae ) which is common in eastern Canada and British Columbia ( Turkington and Franko 1980). This species may be more widespread in Canada than presently documented because extensive surveys have not been conducted.

Specimen data.

Quebec: MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Ville de l’Île-Perrot, 17.v.2011, swept from Lotus corniculatus , P. de Tonnancour (2, CNCI; 17, CPTO); MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Ville de l’Île-Perrot, 18.v.2011, swept from Hesperis matronalis , P. de Tonnancour (5, CPTO).