Psilocephala vicina

Psilocephala vicina (Walker) (Fig. 8) Specimens examined (29). BC: Coldwater River Prov. Park; Cranbrook; Dog Creek; Fort St. John; Masset; Meadow Lake; Quesnel; Smithers; Tlell; Tofino; Vancouver; Vernon. YT: Aishihik River; Carcross; Kluane, Slims River Delta; Whitehorse, E of Schwatka Lake dam; Whitehorse, 20 km N. AK: Fairbanks; Matanuska. DEBU, RBCM, UAM, SEM. Database and literature records (110). BC:Armstrong;Atlin; Cranbrook; Engineer; Fort Nelson; Fort St. John; Grand Forks; Grindrod; Kamloops; Kaslo; Langley; Mission; Nakusp; Oliver; Penticton; Pouce Coupe; Quesnel; Robson; Rolla; Salmon Arm; Smithers; Soda Creek; Summerland; Terrace, Mount Allard; Vancouver; Vancouver, University of BC; Vernon; Victoria. YT: Carcross; Dawson, 22.5 km E; Dempster Highway, km 82; Firth River (Fig. 14); Kluane Lake, Cultus Bay; Old Crow; Old Crow, Bluefish Caves; Minto; Rancheria; Snafu Creek; Whitehorse. AK: Haines; Kuk River, 4.8 km above Omarlik River; Matanuska; Yukon-Koyukuk, The Rapids. CASC, CNCI, DEBU, INHS, MCZC, MEI, OSUC, SEM, USNM. iNaturalist records (2). BC: Nahatlatch Provincial Park (iNat 97392001) (Fig. 8); Peachland, Brenda Lake area (iNat 170347075). Conservation status. BC: S5. YT: S5 Distributional notes. Common and widespread throughout British Columbia in locations as diverse as Fort Nelson and Oliver, Psilocephala vicina ranges north throughout the Yukon, from Carcross in the south to the Firth River in the north. In Alaska, records are from the Anchorage and Fairbanks regions, but the species is likely more widespread. Ecoprovinces and other designations. BC: Coast and Mountains, Georgia Depression, Southern Interior, Southern Interior Mountains, Central Interior, Boreal Plains, Taiga Plains, Northern Boreal Mountains. YT: Boreal Cordillera, Taiga Cordillera. AK: Beringia Boreal, Coast Mountains Boreal, Hypermaritime Forests. Range. Transition. Alaska, Yukon, and Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, south to New York, Illinois, Colorado, and California (Webb et al. 2013). Biological notes. Flight period: 13 May–13 August. The species has been collected on sea and lakeshore dunes (Fig. 15), in Pseudotsuga menziesii / Calamagrostis rubescens woodland, at a meadow edge, and on an open dry grassland slope.