Petalium bistriatum

Petalium bistriatum (Say, 1825) Collection information. USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 488 individuals from 35 sites. Caught in flight trap from 21 April – 9 September 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America. Saproxylic habits. Emerged from dry sections of black oak and bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.), with the bear oak record apparently coming from outer bark of a living tree (Ford 1973). Conservation. Significantly associated with old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont (Traylor et al. 2023 a).