Apteromechus ferratus

Apteromechus ferratus (Say, 1831) Collection information. USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 26 individuals from 14 sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 26 August 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America. Saproxylic habits. Larvae mine the inner bark of recently dead trees, including Sassafras Presl (Lauraceae) (Kissinger 1963); emerged from freshly dead hardwood twigs and branches (Ferro et al. 2012 a). Conservation. Significantly higher abundance in secondary (= second-growth) than primary (= old-growth) forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains (Ferro et al. 2012 a).