Ophraella communa LeSage, 1986**

Webster, Reginald P., LeSage, Laurent & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Megalopodidae and Chrysomelidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 321-348 : 327

Ophraella communa LeSage, 1986** Map 10

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Kent Co., Bouctouche, 20.VIII.1999, D. Audet (1, UMNB). Sunbury Co., Sheffield, Portobello Creek N.W.A., 45.8950°N, 66.2728°W, 4.VIII.2004, R. P. Webster, silver maple forest, on roadside ragweed (hand picking) (9, RWC); 3.0 km SE of McGowans Corner, 45.8677°N, 66.2590°W, 6.IX.2007, R. P. Webster, silver maple forest, sweeping roadside foliage near wet meadow (ragweed present) (1, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

The host plant of Ophraella communa is common ragweed ( Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), and all life stages can be found on this plant ( Welch 1978). In New Brunswick, adults of Ophraella communa were collected from foliage of common ragweed on a roadside and swept from roadside foliage near a wet meadow in an area with ragweed. Adults were collected during August and September.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, AB, SK, ON, NB ( LeSage 1986b).