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).