NEW BRUNSWICK: Kent Co.: Kouchibouguac National Park, 6 June 1977, J.R. Vockeroth, CNC; Kouchibouguac National Park, 13 June 1978, D.B. Lyons, CNC; Northumberland Co.: Tabusintac, 20 June 1939, W.J. Brown, CNC. NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Wentworth, 21 May 1965, B. Wright, NSMC; Guysborough Co.: Malay Lake, 16–29 July 1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, NSMC. Halifax Co.: Grassy Lake, 15–30 June 1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, NSMC; Grassy Lake, 1–16 July 1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, NSMC; Inverness Co.: MacKenzies Mtn, 25 June 1983, Y. Bousquet, CNC; Lone Sheiling, 16 June 1983, 19 June 1983, 25 June 1983, 8– 14 June 1983, Y. Bousquet, CNC; Lone Sheiling, 1 July 1983, maple forest, R. Vockeroth, CNC; Lone Sheiling, 27 May 1983, 11– 13 June 1983, H. Goulet, CNC.
Recorded across Canada from the Northwest Territories east to Nova Scotia with the exception of Saskatchewan (Campbell 1991 d); scattered distribution in the Maritime Provinces (Fig. 5). In the United States from Maine south to Maryland and west to Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota (Downie & Arnett 1996). Larvae are found in decaying woody sections of mosscovered logs in boreallike areas (e.g. edges of bogs) (Young 2002).