Vitaleucopis astonea ( McAlpine, 1977: 14

Gaimari, Stephen D. & Havill, Nathan P., 2021, A new genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) predaceous on Adelgidae (Hemiptera), with a key to chamaemyiid species associated with Pinaceae-feeding Sternorrhyncha, Zootaxa 5067 (1), pp. 1-39 : 35

[ Vitaleucopis astonea ( McAlpine, 1977: 14 ;

Leucopis )]

Type locality: Canada: British Columbia (HT ♂, CNC) .

This species is known only from western Canada. Although there is no rearing information, it was collected in a place characterized by Pinaceae , and can be assumed to be a predator of adelgids or Cinara aphids.