PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown, 4.i.1994, J.G. Stewart, in house, (2), ACPE; Mount Stewart, 29.i.1992, J.G. Stewart, ACPE.
An adventive species, possibly established in the region. Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole (Fig. 8). A Nearctic species found in many parts of the United States (Gerberg 1957); in Canada recorded from Ontario (McNamara 1991b). It attacks seasoned hardwood timber, but has also been found boring into the trunks of living honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Fabaceae)) (Gerberg 1957).