Petalium incisum Ford, 1973

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Petalium incisum Ford, 1973

Distribution.

Native to North America. Widespread in eastern United States ( White 1982; Arango and Young 2012).

Canadian records.

Ontario: Burlington, 07-Aug-2014 to 20-Aug-2014 (1 ex, CBG); Cambridge, 15-Jul-2017 (4 exx, CBG); Guelph, 30-Jul-2017 (1 ex, CBG).

Diagnostic information.

See Ford (1973) and Arango and Young (2012).

Bionomic notes.

Ford (1973) reared this species from Rhus toxicodendron L. and Robinia pseudoacacia L. (probably from dead dry wood). One Canadian specimen was caught with a Malaise trap; the rest were collected by beating vegetation in deciduous and mixed forests.