Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790)

Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2), pp. 351-367 : 358-359

56. Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790)

Parish records (n = 13): Acadia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, and St. Tammany Parishes (LSAM, USNM).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Acer negundo L., Acer rubrum , Acer saccharinum , Carpinus

caroliniana, Carya illinoinensis , Cercis canadensis , Cornus florida , Crataegus crus-galli L., Malus spp. , Platanus occidentalis , Populus deltoides , Prunus armeniaca L., Prunus domestica , Prunus persica , Prunus serotina , Tilia americana , Ulmus Americana , and Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. Many larval host plants reported for this species prior to the recent revision of the C. femorata species-group (Wellso and Manley 2007) likely refer to other species, especially oaks, which this species does not normally utilize. Adults reported also on Betula nigra , Fraxinus pennsylvanica , Gleditsia triacanthos , Salix exigua , Sorbus aucuparia L., Tilia cordata Mill. , and Ulmus rubra .

Collection date range: 9 April–16 July, mostly in June (n = 5).

Comments: Collected using Malaise traps and by sweeping, also as C. fumipennis prey.