Ellescina C.G. Thomson, 1859

Webster, Reginald P., Anderson, Robert S., Webster, Vincent L., Alderson, Chantelle A., Hughes, Cory C. & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, New Curculionoidea records from New Brunswick, Canada with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, ZooKeys 573, pp. 367-386 : 372

Subtribe Ellescina C.G. Thomson, 1859

Comments.

Specimens reported by Webster et al. (2012) as Ellescus ephippiatus (Say) were misidentified and were Ellescus bipunctatus (Linnaeus), a new provincial record. One specimen of Ellescus ephippiatus was collected in NB, thus maintaining this species on the provincial list. Adults and larvae of this genus are associated with reproductive structures of various Salicaceae . Species are very poorly defined, and the genus needs revision.