Triplax dissimulator (Crotch, 1873)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Carleton Co.: Richmond Hovey Hill, 19.viii.2004, R.P. Webster, hardwood forest: fleshy fungi, RPWC. NOVA SCOTIA: Antigonish Co.: Morar, 7.vii.1993, M. Leblanc, funnel trap, (4), NSNR; Colchester Co.: Shubenacadie, 7.vi.2005, J. Gordon, flight intercept trap, NSNR; Hants Co.: Nine Mile River, 15-30.vi.1997 & 16-29.vii.1997, D.J. Bishop, black spruce forest, flight intercept trap, (2), NSMC; Kings Co.: Coldbrook, vi.2003, R. Williams, flight intercept trap, NSNR; New Minas, 7.vi.2003, D.H. Webster, hardwoods, DHWC. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: St. Patricks, 27.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, coniferous forest, funnel trap, (3), CGMC.

Newly recorded in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Maritime Provinces as a whole (Fig. 2). Adults and larvae of Triplax species feed in soft bracket fungi, particularly Inonotus spp. ( Polyporaceae) and Pleurotus spp. ( Tricholomataceae) (Skelley & McHugh 2002). Specifically, Triplax dissimulator has been recorded from Hypsizygus tessulatus (Bull. ex Fr.) Sing. (Tricholomataceae) and Pleurotus spp. (Skelley et al. 1991).