Canifa pallipes (Melsheimer)

NOVA SCOTIA: 78 specimens examined from Antigonish, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, Richmond, and Yarmouth counties. The earliest records are from 1965 (Lunenburg Co.: Bridgewater, 19.vi.1965, B. Wright, 13 specimens, NSMC; Bridgewater, 30.vi.1965, B. Wright, 2 specimens, NSMC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Kings Co.: Woodville Mills, 23.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 21.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 22.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 14.vii.14 2002, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 27.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, CGMC; St. Patricks, 29.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, CGMC.

Newly recorded in Prince Edward Island. In Manitoba, Canifa larvae have been found under the bark of dead poplar (Pollock 2002b). Adults are found on foliage and vegetation in forested environments. In Nova Scotia, commonly found in both coniferous ( Picea rubens ., P. mariana, and Pinus strobus) and deciduous forests.