Pallicephala occidentalis

Pallicephala occidentalis (Cole) Specimens examined (38). BC: Dewdney; Fort Fraser; Hope, Coquihalla River; Hope, Hunter Creek; Kikomun Creek Park; Tutshi Lake, south end. YT: Aishihik, 7.2 km N; Aishihik Road, km 95; Alaska Highway, km 1800 at Swede Johnson Creek; Albert Creek; Carcross, Bennett Lake dunes (Fig. 15); Kluane Lake, Cultus Bay; Takhini River, Alaska Highway bridge; Upper Laberge. RBCM, ROME. Database and literature records (9). BC: Chilliwack, Fort Fraser, Grand Forks, Quesnel, Robson. INHS, MEI, SEM, Webb & Irwin (1991). Conservation status. BC: S3S5. YT: SNR. Distributional notes. Pallicephala occidentalis is widespread in British Columbia from the Lower Fraser Valley (Dewdney, Hope) east to the Columbia Valley (Robson), north through the central plateau (Quesnel, Fort Fraser) to the Yukon border (Tutshi Lake). It is common in the southwestern Yukon (Kluane Lake, Carcross, Takhini River). Ecoprovinces and other designations. BC: Georgia Depression, Southern Interior Mountains, Central Interior, Northern Boreal Mountains. YT: Boreal Cordillera. Range. Cordilleran. Yukon and British Columbia south through Washington and Oregon to California (Webb et al. 2013). Biological notes. Flight period: 4 May–11 August. The species has been collected along the edge of a sandy, bouldery stream bed among Populus trichocarpa seedings; in sand dunes (Fig.15), on sandy, south-facing slopes; in a dry alkaline meadow; on Salix catkins (RBCM).