Xylobiops basilaris (Say, 1824)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 147 individuals from 25 sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 9 September 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, west to southern California and south to Mexico.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae bore into the sapwood of a wide variety of dead and dying hardwood trees, and occasionally conifers (Solomon 1995); prefers smaller branches (Hoffmann 1942).