Actenodes acornis (Say, 1833)

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 : 355

25. Actenodes acornis (Say, 1833)

Parish records (n = 130): Bossier, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, St. Tammany, Union, West Feliciana, and Winn Parishes (FSCA, LSAM, TAMU).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Acer rubrum L., Acer saccharum , Betula nigra , Carya glabra , Carya illinoinensis , Carya laciniosa , Carya ovata , Cornus florida L., Fagus grandifolia , Fagus sylvatica L., Quercus laurifolia Michx. , and Q. velutina . Adults reported also on Cercis canadensis , Diospyros virginiana , and Quercus prinoides Willd.

Collection date range: 18 April–17 July, mostly in May (n = 91) and June (n = 31), two reared specimens emerged in June and July.

Comments: Collected at light, by hand, in canopy and ground-based Malaise and flight intercept traps, and reared from ‘hickory limbs’, also as C. fumipennis prey.