Mordella marginata Melsheimer 1846

Mordella marginata Melsheimer, 1846 Collection information. USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 158 individuals from 36 sites. Caught in flight trap from 21 April – 27 July 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America. Saproxylic habits. Emerged from a variety of sizes and types of dead wood from hardwood trees (Dolphin et al. 1972; Ford and Jackman 1996; Ferro et al. 2012 a; Ferro and Nguyen 2016); emerged from the fungus Gloeophyllum sepiarium although this is an unlikely host (Weiss 1920).