Range
Even though the specific name given it by Henri Louis Frederic de Saussure is "pensylvanica", this species is actually native across the western half of North America, in temperate zone climates. More precisely, individuals have been identified in Canada from Manitoba to British Columbia. The easternmost record for V. pensylvanica is a single record from Ontario but it is apparently not established in that province as a species. In the United States the eastern edge of its range is in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Colorado, and Texas. In Mexico it is known from Baja California Norte, México, and Michoacán.
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