Carleton Co.: Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2210°N, 67.7210°W, 12.VII.2004, K. Bredin, J. Edsall, R.P. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, (1, RWC); same locality, 22.VII.2004, R.P. Webster, rich Appalachian hardwood forest, on flowers, (9, RPW).
Meligethes simplipes has been recorded in Canada from Ontario east to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia ( McNamara 1991; Majka and Cline 2006), and in the United States from New York south to West Virginia and west to Tennessee and Ohio ( Easton 1955). The species is commonly found on flowers of Rubus canadensis L. ( Rosaceae) and Syringa ( Oleaceae) ( Easton 1955).