SYNONYMY

• Micracis populi Swaine 1920. Miss. Agr. Exp. Stat. Tech. Bull. 9: 31
• Micracis swainei Blackman 1920. Miss. Agr. Exp. Stat. Tech. Bull. 9: 32
• Micracis pygmaeus Schedl 1948. Rev. de Ent. 19: 577
• Micracis robustus Schedl 1948. Rev. de Ent. 19: 576
• Micracis photophilus Wood 1956. Can. Ent. 88: 149

DISTRIBUTION.

Numbers in parentheses after each geographic unit are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that unit. For exotic species generally only countries are listed for localities outside the New World. For further information on published sources of distribution, check the REFERENCES section.

Distribution Comments.   Southwestern North America from Southern California and Arizona to Central America in low and moderate elevation communities. Aslo widely distributed in eastern North America and the Greater Antilles.

• Central America (3)
  Honduras (3): Francisco Morazán (2), Yoro (1);
• Caribbean (3)
  Cuba (2): unknown (2); Puerto Rico (1): no state / prov. data (1);
• North America (87)
  Canada (1): Ontario (1); México (13): Campeche (4), Chiapas (2), Jalisco (1), Nayarit (1), Oaxaca (1), San Luís Potosí (1), Sinaloa (1), Tabasco (1), Veracruz (1); United States (73): Arizona (1), California (5), District of Columbia (1), Florida (8), Georgia (1), Indiana (11), Kansas (1), Louisiana (10), Maryland (4), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (4), New York (1), North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (2), Texas (11), West Virginia (4);

HOSTS

Numbers in parentheses after each host family, genus, or collection method are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that host or method.

• No host information (45);
• Cannabaceae (1): Trema (1): micrantha (1);
• Compositae (1): Baccharis (1): sp. (1);
• Juglandaceae (1): Carya (1): sp. (1);
• Leguminosae (6): Cercis (3): canadensis (2), sp. (1); Lonchocarpus (1): castilloi (1); Lysiloma (2): bahamensis (2);
• Rutaceae (1): Citrus (1): sp. (1);
• Salicaceae (23): Populus (1): sp. (1); Salix (22): caroliniana (1), discolor (1), interior (1), nigra (4), sp. (15);
• trap (15) (1): alpha pinene + ethanol (1); boll weevil trap (1): no details (1); flight intercept (1): ethanol (1); light (11): no details (6), ultraviolet (5); window trap (1): no details (1);

REFERENCES

The following are important recent monographs, catalogs, and supplements to catalogs that refer to this species. The specific page on which the reference is made is shown in pink at the end of the reference. In the case of Wood (1982) and Wood & Bright (1992) clicking on the reference page will link to a digital version of the work in question.

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