Poecilonota ferrea (Melsheimer, 1845)

Webster, Reginald P., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 573, pp. 265-338 : 275

Poecilonota ferrea (Melsheimer, 1845)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Queens Co., C.F.B. Gagetown, 45.7516°N, 66.1866°W, 12-28.VIII.2013, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old mixed forest with Quercus rubra , Lindgren funnel trap in canopy of Populus grandifolia (1, RWC). Restigouche Co., Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.8257°N, 66.0764°W, 19.VIII-2.IX.2014, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Old Populus balsamifera stand near river, Lindgren funnel trap in canopy of Populus balsamifera (1, NBM). Sunbury Co. , Gilbert Island , 45.8770°N, 66.2954°W, 20.VI-5.VII.2013, 5-17.VII.2013, C. Alderson, C. Hughes, & V. Webster // Hardwood forest , Lindgren funnel traps in canopy of Populus tremuloides (6, AFC; 8, RWC). York Co. , Keswick Ridge , 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 3-18.VI.2015, 18-30.VI.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Mixed forest, Lindgren funnel traps in canopy (2, AFC) .

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).

Comments.

All specimens of Poecilonota ferrea from NB were captured in Lindgren funnel traps in the canopy of Populus tremuloides Michx. (quaking aspen), Populus balsamifera L. (balsam poplar) or Populus grandifolia Michx. (largetooth aspen). Paiero et al. (2012) list Populus tremuloides and Populus trichocarpa Torr. & Gray (black cottonwood) as larval hosts of this infrequently collected species.