Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson (Hammer 1955a); Northern coastal plain; Atqasuk; Brooks Range; Fairbanks, Chena Ridge; Denali NP; Kenai Peninsula (Behan-Pelletier 1993); YT: Richardson Mtns (Hammer 1952a, 1955b; Behan-Pelletier 1993); Coastal Plain; Ivvavik NP, British Mtns; Porcupine Plain; Richardson Mtns; Ogilvie Mtns (Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Mackenzie Delta; Tuktoyaktuk (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); Yellowknife; Reindeer Station (Hammer 1952a, 1955b); BC: Interior (Battigelli et al. 2004); Sicamous Creek (Berch et al. 2007); Vancouver Is., Comex Glacier; Mainland: Cathedral PP; Manning PP; Garibaldi PP; Osoyoos, Kobau Mountain (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); AB: EMEND Site (Lindo & Visser 2004); Banff NP; Kananaskis Country, Fortress Mountain; Waterton Lakes NP; Jasper NP (Behan-Pelletier 1993b); ABMI Sites (Walter et al. 2014; Meehan et al. 2019); SK: Cypress Hills PP; Prince Albert NP (Behan-Pelletier 1993b).
Habitats: mesic to dry tundra, subarctic and arctic subalpine; lichen heath; coniferous (Lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, Douglas fir) and deciduous (alder, aspen, Paper birch) forest litter.
Distribution: Holarctic.