Litargus sexpunctatus (Say, 1826)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 12 individuals from nine sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 11 August 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop, and adults occur on Hypoxylon growing on oak, where they feed on conidia (Lawrence 1977); adults also occur on other fungi, such as Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. (Cline and Leschen 2005); emerged from and associated with dead oaks in upland forests (Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).

Conservation.

In the Piedmont, significantly associated with forests within highly forested landscapes (> 50 % forest; Traylor et al. 2023 a) and occurrence probability increases with the amount of landscape forest cover (Traylor et al. 2024).