Cophes obtentus (Herbst, 1797)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 21 April – 11 August 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America into Central America, west to Arizona.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from hardwood twigs (Ferro et al. 2012 a; Ferro and Nguyen 2016); adults occur under bark and in hollow trees (Ciegler 2010).