Orchesia castanea Melsheimer 1846

Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846 Collection information. USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 2 June 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America, transcontinental in north. Saproxylic habits. Breeds in a variety of polypore fungi, including Trametes, Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P. Karst, and Gloeophyllum sepiarium (Wulfen) P. Karst (Gloeophyllaceae) (Weiss and West 1920); additionally emerged from rotting hickory branches dead for two to four years (Blackman and Stage 1924).