Psylliodes affinis (Paykull, 1799)**

Webster, Reginald P., LeSage, Laurent & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 321-348 : 332

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.2625

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scientific name

Psylliodes affinis (Paykull, 1799)**
status

 

Psylliodes affinis (Paykull, 1799)** Map 23

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Charlotte Co., near Maces Bay, 45.12447°N, 66.47346°W, 12.VIII.2007, R. P. Webster, barrier beach, sweeping Solanum sp. (10, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

A series of Psylliodes affinis from New Brunswick was swept from the foliage of a Solanum sp. on a barrier beach during August. The second author observed leaves of the climbing nightshade ( Solanum dulcamara L.) in Aylmer (QC), north of Ottawa (ON), punctured with many small holes by adults of Psylliodes affinis .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( LeSage 1991; Riley et al. 2003). This is an adventive Palaearctic species now established in most of the northeastern United States ( Riley et al. 2003).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Psylliodes