Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 2 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, transcontinental in north.

Saproxylic habits.

Breeds in a variety of polypore fungi, including Trametes, Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P. Karst, and Gloeophyllum sepiarium (Wulfen) P. Karst ( Gloeophyllaceae) (Weiss and West 1920); additionally emerged from rotting hickory branches dead for two to four years (Blackman and Stage 1924).