Altica rosae Woods, 1918**

Webster, Reginald P., LeSage, Laurent & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 321-348 : 329

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Altica rosae Woods, 1918**
status

 

Altica rosae Woods, 1918** Map 18

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Wakefield, Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve, 46.1931°N, 67.6825°W, 8.VI.2005, M.-A. Giguère & R. Webster, floodplain forest, on foliage of Rosa sp. (1, RWC). Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 3.VI.2007, R. P. Webster, oak / maple forest near lakeshore, sweeping foliage of Rosa sp. (1, RWC). Saint John Co., Chance Harbour, 45.1159°N, 66.3607°W, 30.V.2006, R. P. Webster, sea beach, on foliage of Rosa sp. (2, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

All adults from New Brunswick were collected from the foliage of Rosa sp., a known host for this species ( Woods 1918). Adults were found during late May and early June.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

MB, ON, QC, NB ( Riley et al. 2003).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Altica