NOVA SCOTIA: Inverness Co.: Margaree Valley, 1 August 1980, R. Chénier, under bark of Abies balsamea, CNC.
Recorded across Canada in most provinces from the Northwest Territories and British Columbia to Nova Scotia; in the northern United States from Maine and New York west to Minnesota, and in the west in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Only one record from the Maritime Provinces (Fig. 2). Larvae are found under bark; host plants include a variety of species of Pinus, Larix, Picea, Tsuga, Pseudotsuga, and Abies (Pinaceae) (Pollock 1991).