Geographic Location: AK: Denali NP; Brooks Range; YT: Richardson Mtns; Blow River; Mount Gifford, Shingle Point; Old Crow; Ivvavik NP, British Mtns; Nahoni Range (Behan-Pelletier 1997b); NT: Reindeer Station (Behan-Pelletier 1994).
Habitats: dry tussock tundra; moss, lichens and Dryas; Potentilla litter; Carex, Kobresia, Salix, Vaccinium, Populus litter; Artemesia slopes.
Distribution: Western Nearctic; eastern Palaearctic.