Silvanus muticus Sharp, 1899

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: six individuals from six sites. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 26 August 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Adults occur under bark of various trees (pine, maple, oak, chestnut, and juniper ( Juniperus)), likely feeding on fungal spores (Halstead 1973); emerged and collected from loblolly pine and southern red oak logs throughout decomposition (Gil 2008; Ulyshen and Hanula 2010), as well as hardwood twigs (Ferro and Nguyen 2016); associated with deadwood in upland forests (Ulyshen and Hanula 2009 a).