Brachyleptura circumdata (Olivier, 1795)

Webster, Reginald, McCoqrquodale, David & Majka, Christopher, 2009, New records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, ZooKeys 22 (22), pp. 285-308 : 293-294

Brachyleptura circumdata (Olivier, 1795) ***

New Brunswick: Sunbury Co., Portobello Creek N.W.A., 45.8952°N, 66.2728°W, 28.VI.2004, R.P. Webster, floodplain silver maple forest, on flowers of Cornus sp. (2, RWC); Portobello Creek N.W.A., 45.8992°N, 66.4248°W, 28.VI.2004, 5.VII.2005, R.P. Webster, silver maple floodplain forest, on flowers of Spiraea alba , Cornus sp., and Leucanthemum vulgare (7, RWC); Maugerville, Portobello Creek N.W.A., 45.8987°N, 66.4287°W, 5.VII.2005, R.P. Webster, silver maple floodplain forest, on flowers of Cornus sp. (4, CNC).

These represent the first records of species from Canada. Brachyleptura circumdata (Olivier) was common on flowers in silver maple flood plain forests. Yanega (1996) noted that the larval hosts are spruce, and possibly pine. Spruce occurred several kilometers from the sites where this species was most abundant.