Mordellistena liturata

Mordellistena liturata (Melsheimer, 1846) Collection information. USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 277 individuals from 37 sites. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 9 September 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America. Saproxylic habits. Emerged from fresh swamp white oak logs (Quercus bicolor Willd.) (Powell et al. 2016, G. S. Powell in litt.), and from moderately decayed loblolly pine logs (Ulyshen et al. 2020; Traylor et al. 2023 c). Conservation. Significantly associated with forests in highly forested landscapes (> 50 % forest) in the Piedmont (Traylor et al. 2023 a).