Enicmus maculatus (LeConte, 1878)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 289 individuals from 33 sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 9 September 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern United States.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae develop in, and adults occur on Hypoxylon growing on oaks, including live oak ( Quercus virginiana Mill.) and southern red oak, apparently feeding on conidia (Lawrence 1977; Gil 2008).

Conservation.

Occurrence probability increases in old forests (predating 1938 and oak dominated) in the Piedmont (Traylor et al. 2024).