Buprestidae of Texas with Notes on Texas Types

Family Buprestidae Leach 

Subfamily Polycestinae Lacordaire 

Genus Mastogenius Solier 1849

Mastogenius crenulatus Knull Range: TX-FL-NJ-IL Hosts: Carya, Cercis, Diospyros, Quercus
Mastogenius subcyaneus (LeConte) Range: TX-FL-NY-IL Hosts: Quercus
Mastogenius texanus Bellamy 2002 TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains, Picnic Area, 11.3 mi W Ft. Davis on Hwy 161, elev. 5080' Range: TX Hosts: Sandpaper Oak - Quercus vaseyana

Genus Trigonogya Schaeffer 1919

Trigonogya reticulaticollis (Schaeffer 1904) TL: TX, Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: TX - Cameron and Hidalgo Counties Host: Fraxinus berlandieriana - Mexican Ash

Genus Acmaeoderoides Van Dyke 1942

Acmaeoderoides ferruginis Wellso & Nelson 1968 TL: TX, Presidio Co., 3 mi N Presidio Range: TX Host: Adults on Acacia greggii - Catclaw Acacia
Acmaeoderoides humeralis (Cazier)

Genus Acmaeodera Eschscholtz 1829

Acmaeodera amabilis Horn Range: AZ-TX, CO Host: Alder (Alnus)
Acmaeodera amplicollis LeConte Range: AZ-TX / Mex Host: larval host(s) unknown
Acmaeodera auritincta Fall 1922 TL: TX, Culberson Co., Kent, 3900-4200' Range: NM-TX / Mex
Acmaeodera bowditchi Fall Range: AZ-TX, NV Host: larval host in dead branches of Quercus vaseyana
Acmaeodera bryanti Van Dyke 1953 TL: TX, Val Verde Co., Del Rio Range: TX Host: larval and adult plant asso. unknown

Acmaeodera conoidea Fall

Acmaeodera consors Horn 1878 TL: TX Range: TX Host: larval and adult plant asso. unknown
Acmaeodera cribricollis Horn 1894 TL: TX Range: CA-TX / Mex Host: Larrea tridentata - Creosote Bush

Acmaeodera davidsoni Barr

Acmaeodera delumbus Horn

Acmaeodera flavomarginata (Gray 1832) Range: Centra and West TX / s. to S. Amer. Hosts: Larvae in Acacia, Diospyros, Prosopis
Acmaeodera flavopicta Waterhouse Range: AZ-TX / Mex Host: larval host unknown
Acmaeodera gibbula LeConte 1858 TL: San Diego to El Paso Range: CA-TX, UT / Mex Hosts: Larvae host of a variety of legumes, other hardwoods
Acmaeodera gillespiensis Knull 1941 TL: TX, Gillespie Co. Range: TX Host: Larval host is oak - Quercus sp.
Acmaeodera haemorrhoa LeConte 1859 TL: TX, Webb Co., Laredo to Starr Co., Rio Grande City Range: TX / Mex Hosts: adults on flowers
Acmaeodera macra Horn 1878 TL: TX Range: TX-OK Host: Acacia berlandieri - Guajillo
Acmaeodera maculifera Horn 1894 TL: TX Range: NM-TX / Mex Host: larval host unknown
Acmaeodera miliaris Horn 1878 TL: TX Range: TX / Mex Host: larval host unknown
Acmaeodera mixta LeConte Range: AZ-TX-NE-UT Hosts: Acacia, Celtis, Prosopis Note: This sp. is highly variable
Acmaeodera neglecta Fall 1899 TL: TX Range: TX-AR-MO-OK Hosts: Quercus, Ulmus, Ziziphus
Acmaeodera neoneglecta Fisher TL: Mexico. Type from mesquite intercepted at Brownsville, TX Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Acacia, Ebenopsis, Leucana, Prosopis, Sophora, Ulmus
Acmaeodera obtusa Horn 1878 TL: TX Range: TX-OK Host: larval host unknown
Acmaeodera opacula LeConte 1858 TL: TX, El Paso Co., El Paso Range: TX Host: larval host unknown
Acmaeodera opuntiae Knull 1966 TL: TX, Starr Co., 5 mi W Sullivan City Range: TX Hosts: larvae host in Karwinskia and Parkinsonia
Acmaeodera ornatoides Barr 1972 TL: TX, Goliad Co., Weser Range: NM-TX-OK Hosts: Diospyros and Quercus
Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Knull 1940 TL: TX, Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains Range: NM-TX / Mex Host: Dasylirion wheeleri - Common Sotol
Acmaeodera pinalorum Knull
Acmaeodera princeps Kerremans 1908 TL: New Zealand (error!) Range: s. and w. TX Hosts: larvae in Parkinsonia spp. - Paloverde
Acmaeodera pulchella (Herbst) Range: TX-FL-NJ-MT Hosts: Crataegus, Gleditsia, Taxodium
Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides Nelson & Westcott 1995 TL: TX, Brewster Co., Big Bend Natl. Park Range: CA-TX-UT-NV / Mex Host: Larval host unk.
Acmaeodera recticollis Fall
Acmaeodera riograndei Nelson 1980 TL: TX, Brewster Co., W side Chisos Mountains, Oak Spring Range: TX / Mex
Acmaeodera robigo Knull 1954 TL: TX, Lake Corpus Christi Range: TX-OK Host: Dalea - Prairie Clover
Acmaeodera rubronotata Laporte Range: AZ-TX-CO-ID / Mex. Host: Larvae in oak - Quercus sp.
Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim Range: AZ-TX / Mex-C. Amer. Host: larval host unknown
Acmaeodera starrae Knull 1966 TL: TX, Starr Co., 5 mi W Sullivan City Range: TX Host: Larval host unk.
Acmaeodera texana LeConte [1859] 1860 TL: TX Range: TX-GA-NC-MO Host: Larval host unk.
Acmaeodera thoracata Knull 1974 TL: TX, Starr Co. Range: TX Host: Larval host unk.
Acmaeodera tildenorum Nelson & Westcott 1995 TL: TX, Hidalgo Co., Sullivan City Range: TX / Mex.
Acmaeodera tiquilia Westcott & Barr 1998 TL: TX, Brewster Co., "Lower Pine Cyn.", Big Bend N.P. Range: TX Host: Ephedra - Jointfir
Acmaeodera tubulus (Fabricius) Range: TX-FL-NY-IA, Ont. Hosts: larvae in Betula, Carya, Celtis, Crataegus, Juglans, Quercus, Salix, Ulmus
Acmaeodera uvaldensis Knull 1936 TL: TX, Uvalde Co., Uvalde Range: TX / Mex. Host: Larval host unk., Adults on mesquite - Prosopis
Acmaeodera variegata LeConte Range: AZ-TX, CO Host: Larval host unk.
Acmaeodera wenzeli Van Dyke 1919 TL: TX, Brewster Co., Chisos Mountains Range: TX / Mex. Host: Acacia constricta - Whitethorn Acacia

Genus Acmaeoderopsis Barr 1974

Acmaeoderopsis chisosensis (Knull 1952) TL: TX, Brewster Co., Chisos Mountains Range: TX / Mex. Host: Acacia constricta - Whitethorn Acacia
Acmaeoderopsis hulli (Knull) Range: AZ-TX / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in Celtis, Prosopis, Quercus
Acmaeoderopsis junki (Thery) Range: CA-TX / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in Acacia, Cercidium, Prosopis

Genus Ptosima Dejean 1833

Ptosima gibbicollis (Say) Range: TX-FL-NJ-IA Host: larvae on Cercis canadensis
Ptosima idolynae Frost Range: TX-MS-AR-OK Host: Larvae on Crataegus
Ptosima laeta Waterhouse Range: TX / Mex Host: Cercis canadensis L. var. texensis
Ptosima walshii LeConte Range: TX-MS-OH-MN Host: larvae in burr oak - Quercus macrocarpa

Genus Thrincopyge LeConte 1858

Thrincopyge alacris LeConte Range: AZ-TX / Mex Host: Beaucarnea, Dasylirion
Thrincopyge ambiens (LeConte 1854) TL: TX, Starr Co., Frontera, Rio Grande City Range: AZ-TX / Mex Host: Dasylirion wheeleri - Common Sotol

Genus Polycesta Dejean 1833

Polycesta arizonica Schaeffer
Polycesta aruensis Obenberger Range: CA-AZ, TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Ebenopsis, Salix
Polycesta elata LeConte 1858 TL: TX Range: TX-AL-IL-OK (roughly) Host: Fraxinus, Platanus, and Quercus

Genus Paratyndaris Fisher 1919

Paratyndaris acaciae Knull 1937 TL: TX, Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains Range: NM-TX / Mex
Paratyndaris chamaeleonis (Skinner 1903) TL: TX, Cameron Co., B'ville, Esperanza Ranch Range: TX / Mex Host: Acacia, Diospyros, Ebenopsis, Parkinsonia
Paratyndaris cincta (Horn 1885) TL: TX Range: TX / Mex Host: Ebenopsis ebano - Texas Ebony
Paratyndaris crandalli Knull 1941 TL: TX, Webb Co., Laredo Range: TX Host: larval host unknown
Paratyndaris prosopis (Skinner 1903) TL: TX, Austin (Almost surely Austin County) Range: AZ, TX-OK, MS Hosts: Prosopis and Quercus spp. Note: Coll. by Schwarz who worked in Austin Co., not COA

Subfamily Chrysochroinae Laporte 1835

Genus Nanularia Casey 1909

Nanularia pygmaea (Knull 1941) TL: TX, Val Verde Co. Range: TX Host: unknown

Genus Texania Casey 1909

Texania fulleri (Horn 1875) TL: TX Range: TX Host: Larvae in Celtis laevigata - Sugar Hackberry
Texania langeri (Chevrolat 1853)

Genus Chalcophora Dejean 1833

Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte) Range: CA-TX-SD-WA / BC Hosts: Larvae in Abies, Pinus, Pseudotsuga
Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury) Range: TX-FL-ME-MN / Ont. / Mex.-C. Amer. Hosts: Larvae in Pinus spp., Taxodium

Genus Poecilonota Eschscholtz 1829

Poecilonota cyanipes (Say) Range: AZ-MS-ME-ID / adj. Can Hosts: Larvae in Populus, Robinia, Salix

Poecilonota ferrea (Melsheimer)

Poecilonota thureura (Say)

Genus Gyascutus LeConte 1858

Gyascutus caelata (LeConte) Range: AZ-TX / Mex. Hosts: Larval host unk., Adults on Acacia, Prosopis
Gyascutus carolinensis Horn
Gyascutus planicosta obliteratus (LeConte) Range: AZ-TX / Mex Host: Larval host unk.

Genus Hippomelas Laporte & Glory 1837

Hippomelas planicauda Casey
Hippomelas sphenicus (LeConte 1854) TL: TX, Webb Co. to Starr Co. Range: AZ-TX / Mex Host: larval hosts unknown

Genus Lampetis Dejean 1833

Lampetis cupreopunctata (Schaeffer 1905) TL: TX, Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esperanza Ranch Range: TX / Mex Host: larval host unknown
Lampetis drummondi (Laporte & Gory) Range: AZ-LA-MO-CO / Mex Host: adults found on a wide variety of plants
Lampetis webbii (LeConte) Range: AZ-TX / Mex Host: Larvae in Paloverde - Cercidium floridum

Genus Dicerca Eschscholtz 1829

Dicerca asperata (Laporte & Gory)

Dicerca divaricata (Say) Range: TX-GA-ME-UT / s. Can. / West Indies Hosts: Larvae in Acer, Betula, Cercis, Fraxinus, Ostrya, Quercus, Ulmus
Dicerca lepida LeConte Range: NM-AL-NY-IA (roughly) Hosts: Larvae in hawthorn - Crataegus, hophornbeam - Ostrya
Dicerca lurida (Fabricius) Range: TX-FL-NY-MN / se Can. Hosts: larvae in Alnus, Carpinus, Carya, Prunus, Salix, Tilia
Dicerca mutica LeConte
Dicerca obscura (Fabricius) Range: TX-FL-NY-IN Hosts: Larvae in Diospyros, Rhus
Dicerca punctulata (Schönherr) Range: TX-FL-NY-IA Hosts: Larvae in pines - Pinus spp.
Dicerca tenebrica (Kirby) Range: CA-GA-ME-WA / s. Can. Hosts: Cottonwoods, aspen - Populus spp.

Subfamily Buprestinae Leach 1815

 

Genus Trachykele Marseul 1865

Trachykele lecontei (Gory) Range: Coastal states: TX-GA-VA Host: bald cypress - Taxodium distichum

Genus Buprestis Linnaeus 1758

Buprestis apricans Herbst Range: primarily TX-FL-NY / West Indies Hosts: longleaf and loblolly pines, P. palustris, P. taeda
Buprestis confluenta Say Range: CA-TX-MI-WA / se. Can. Host: Larvae in Populus spp.
Buprestis consolaris Glory
Buprestis decora Fabricius Range: TX-FL-NY-MO / West Indies Host: larvae in longleaf pine - Pinus palustris
Buprestis lineata Fabricius Range: TX-FL-ME-IN / se. CAN / West Indies Hosts: Larvae bore in dead pines - Pinus spp.
Buprestis lyrata Casey Range: CA-TX-SD-WA / sw. Can. Hosts: Larvae in Abies, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga
Buprestis maculipennis Gory Range: TX-FL-ME-WI / se. Can. Hosts: larvae on Pinus, Taxodium and Tsuga
Buprestis nutalli Kirby Range: CA-TX-SD-WA / sw. Can. Hosts: larvae in Pinus cembroides,         Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii
Buprestis parmaculativentris Knull 1958 TL: TX: Brewster County, Big Bend NP, Chisos Mountains Range: TX Host: Pinus cembroides - Mexican Pinyon
Buprestis rufipes Olivier 1790 Range: TX-FL-DE-KS Hosts: various hardwoods
Buprestis striata Fabricius

Genus Agaeocera Saunders 1871

Agaeocera gentilis (Horn, 1885) TL: SW TX Range: CA-TX / Mex Host: Sphaeralcea
Agaeocera scintillans Waterhouse Range: AZ, TX / Mex. Host: dults on Albutilon incanum

Genus Spectralia Casey 1909

Spectralia gracilipes (Melsheimer) Range: TX-FL-NY-MN Hosts: Larvae in oaks - Quercus spp., and ash - Fraxinus sp.
Spectralia prosternalis (Schaeffer, 1904) TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esperanza Ranch Range: TX - Cameron, Hidalgo, Duval Counties Host: Texas Persimmon - Diospyros texana
Spectralia roburella (Knull, 1941) TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains Range: TX Host: Sandpaper Oak - Quercus vaseyana
Spectralia robusta (Chamberlain, 1920) TL: TX Range: TX Host: Texas Persimmon - Diospyros texana

Genus Agrilaxia Kerremans 1903

Agrilaxia flavimana (Gory) Range: AZ-FL-NY-KS Host: Cercis, Pinus, Prumus, Ulmus

Genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz 1829

Anthaxia carya Wellso & Jackman 2006 TL: TX: Kimble Co., Junction Range: TX, AL, GA Host: Pecan - Carya illinoinensis
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) cyanella Gory Range: TX(NSR)-FL-PA-WI Hosts: Larvae in Amelanchier, Betula, Cercis, Gleditsia, Vitis
Anthaxia dichroa Bilý Range: TX-FL-SC-KS (+PA) Host: Larvae in grape - Vitis spp.
Anthaxia quercata (Fabricius) Range: TX-FL-NY-IA Hosts: Larvae in Cercis, Crataegus, Larix,             Picea, Pinus, adults also on Quercus spp.
Anthaxia quercicola Wellso 1974 TL: TX: Brazos Co., near College Station Airport Range: TX-FL-GA-OK, MI Host: Bastard Oak - Quercus sinuata
Anthaxia viridicornis (Say) Range: TX-FL-ME-SD / Ont. Hosts: Larvae in Quercus, Salix           Adults also on: Abies, Populus, Salix
Anthaxia viridifrons Gory Range: TX-FL-ME-SD / adj. Can Host: Polyphagus

Genus Xenorhipis LeConte 1866

Xenorhipis brendeli LeConte Range: TX-FL-NY-IA Hosts: Larvae in Betula, Carya, Quercus
Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull 1952 TL: TX: Hidalgo Co. Range: TX / Mex Host: larval host unknown
Xenorhipis osburni Knull 1936 TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains Range: TX Host: Whitethorn Acacia - Acacia constricta

Genus Melanophila Eschscholtz 1829

Melanophila acuminata (DeGeer)
Melanophila atropurpurea (Say) Range: CA-TX-AR-OR / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Abies, Pinus, Pseudotsuga

Genus Phaenops Dejean 1833

Phaenops aeneola (Melsheimer) Range: LA-FL-ME-WI / adj. Can. Host: Lavae in Pinus spp.
Phaenops obenbergeri (Knull, 1952) TL: TX: Fayette Co. Range: TX Host: unknown
Phaenops piniedulis (Burke)

Genus Xenomelanophila Sloop 1937

Xenomelanophila miranda LeConte Range: CA-TX-CO-WA / Mex Host: Juniperus occidentalis

Genus Actenodes Dejean 1833

Actenodes acornis (Say) Range: TX-FL-NY-IA Hosts: larvae in Acer, Betula, Carya, Cercis, Fagus, Quercus
Actenodes calcarata (Chevrolat) Range: CA-LA / south to S. Amer. Hosts: various legumes - Fabaceae
Actenodes davidi Nelson
Actenodes flexicaulis Schaeffer, 1904 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esperanza Ranch Range: TX Host: Spiny Hackberry - Celtis ehrenbergiana
Actenodes mendax Horn, 1891 TL: TX Range: AZ-TX Hosts: larvae in mesquite and honeylocust
Actenodes simi Fisher

Genus Chrysobothris Eschscholtz 1829

Chrysobothris acaciae Knull 1936

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains

Range: NM-TX / Mex

Hosts: Catclaw Acacia - Acacia greggii and Honey Mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa and 

Chrysobothris acuminata LeConte

Chrysobothris acutipennis Chevrolat Range: Central TX / south to S. Amer. Hosts: Larvae in Ebenopsis, Leucaena, Acacia
Chrysobothris adelpha Harold Range: TX-FL-NY-IA / se Can Hosts: Larvae in various Carya spp., mesquite
Chrysobothris analis LeConte Range: AZ-TX / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in Acacia, Carya, Celtis, Cercis, Citrus, Diospyros, Ebenopsis, Juglans, Leucaena, Mimosa, Parkinsonia, Prosopis, Prunus, Rhus, Sapindus, Ulmus

Chrysobothris axillaris Horn

Chrysobothris azurea LeConte Range: TX-FL-ME-MT / adj. Can. Hosts: Larvae in Acer, Alnus, Amelanchier, Betula, Carya, Celastrus, Cercis, Crataegus, Diospyros, Juglans, Pinus, Prunus, Quercus, Rhus, Vitis, Wisteria
Chrysobothris basalis LeConte, 1858 TL: TX: Laredo to Ringgold Barracks Range: AZ, TX / Mex Hosts: Acacia, Leucaena
Chrysobothris beameri Knull, 1954 TL: TX: Big Bend Range: TX Hosts: Everygreen sumac - Rhus virens

Chrysobothris blanchardi Horn

Chrysobothris breviloba Fall

Chrysobothris caddo Wellso & Manley 2007 TL: TX: Bastrop Co., Bastrop Range: AZ-LA-MO-NE, FL Hosts: Larvae in Celtis, Pithecelobium
Chrysobothris chlorocephala Gory Range: LA-GA-NY-KS Hosts: Larvae in Amelanchier, Betula, Carya, Quercus,                                     Vitis
Chrysobothris chryseola (Illiger) Range: Coastal states from TX-FL-DC Hosts: Larvae in various hardwoods
Chrysobothris comanche Wellso & Manley 2007 TL: TX: Val Verde Co., 4 mi. N. Constock Range: NM-TX, UT Hosts: Larva in Juglands sp.
Chrysobothris culbersoniana Knull 1943 TL: TX: Culberson Co. Range: NM-TX Hosts: Adults on Acacia spp.

Chrysobothris cuprascens LeConte

Chrysobothris edwardsi Horn

Chrysobothris ephedrae ephedrae Knull

Chrysobothris ephedrae vogti Knull 1964 TL: TX: Starr Co., 5 mi. W. Sullivan City Range: TX Hosts: Adults on Ephedra sp. and Acacia rigidula
Chrysobothris exesa Leconte
Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier) Range: Throughout N. Amer. Hosts: Larvae in a wide variety of fruit and forest trees
Chrysobothris fiskei Fisher 1942 TL: TX: Uvalde Co., Montell Range: OK-TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Cercis canadensis, Quercus vaseyana
Chrysobothris hidalgoensis Knull 1951 TL: TX: Hidalgo Co., near Mission Range: TX Hosts: No larval or adult plant asso. reported.
Chrysobothris humilis Horn Range: CA-TX, NV / Mex Host: Larvae in catclaw acacia - Acacia greggii Note: Species exhibits extreme sexual dichroism	(males)
Chrysobothris ignicollis Horn Range: CA-TX-KS-ID / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in various Juniperus spp., Cupressus arizonica
Chrysobothris iris Van Dyke
Chrysobothris lateralis Waterhouse Range: CA-TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Acacia greggii and mesquite
Chrysobothris lixa Horn 1886 TL: TX Range: AZ, TX / Mex Host: Larval host unk.
Chrysobothris merkelii Horn 1886 TL: TX Range: CA-TX, NV / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Acacia, Albizia, Prosopis
Chrysobothris mescalero Wellso & Manley 2007 TL: TX: Pecos Co. Range: NM-TX Hosts: Quercus
Chrysobothris octocola LeConte Range: CA-TX-CO-NV / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in Acacia, Parkinsonia, Prosopis, Prunus, Salix

Chrysobothris peninsularis Schaeffer

Chrysobothris prosopidis Fischer

Chrysobothris pseudacutipennis Obenberger 1940 TL: TX Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Adutls on Prosopis glandulosa
Chrysobothris pubilineata Vogt 1949 TL: TX: Starr Co., Rio Grande City to Hidalgo Co., Mission Range: NM-TX Hosts: Larvae host unk., Adults on Acacia
Chrysobothris p. purpureovittata Horn 1886 TL: TX Range: TX-MS-TN-KS  Hosts: polyphagous
Chrysobothris quadriimpressa Laporte & Gory Range: AZ-FL-ME-OR Hosts: Larvae in various oaks and American chestnut
Chrysobothris quadrilineata LeConte Range: CA-TX-SD-OR Hosts: Adults on Juniperus californica, J. deppeana
Chrysobothris rossi Van Dyke Range: CA-TX / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in Acacia, Celtis, Juniperus, Prosopis spp.
Chrysobothris rugosiceps Melsheimer Range: TX-FL-ME-ND / se. Can Hosts: Larvae in various Oaks and American chestnut
Chrysobothris scitula Gory Range: Coastal states: TX-GA-NC Host(s) unk.
Chrysobothris shawnee Wellso & Manley 2007 TL: TX: Brazos Co., College Station Range: TX-FL-NY-KS Hosts: Larva in various Quercus spp., American Chestnut
Chrysobothris speculifer Horn
Chrysobothris texana LeConte 1860 TL: TX Range: CA-TX-ND-ID / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in Cypressus, Juniperus spp.
Chrysobothris viridiceps Melsheimer Range: NM-FL-NY-SD Hosts: Larave in oaks, pine, mesquite, pecan, elm, maple

Genus Knowltonia

Knowltonia  atrifasciata (LeConte)

Genus Sphaerobothris 

Sphaerobothris ulkei (LeConte, 1860) TL: TX Range: AZ-TX / Mex Hosts: Ephedra tricurca

Subfamily Agrilinae

Genus Eupristocerus

Eupristocerus cogitans (Weber) Range: TX-FL-ME-MI / se. Can. Hosts: Larvae in living Alders - Alnus spp. and Birch - Betula

Genus Paragrilus

Paragrilus rugatulus Thomson Range: TX / Mex. Host: larval host unk.
Paragrilus tenuis (LeConte) Range: TX-FL-NY-IL Hosts: Larvae in Hibiscus spp.

Genus Agrilus

Agrilus abductus Horn 1891 TL: TX Range: TX-GA-NC-TN / Mex.           Hosts: larval host(s) unk.
Agrilus abjectus Horn 1891 TL: TX Range: TX Hosts: Unk.
Agrilus acaciae Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Browsville, Los Borregos Range: TX / Mex Hosts: larvae in various legumes
Agrilus addendus Crotch 1873 TL: TX Range: NM-TX-OK, ND / Mex  Hosts: Adults on Acacia, Mesquite
Agrilus albocomus Fisher
Agrilus audax Horn 1891 TL: TX Range: AZ-TX-IL-OK Hosts: larva in Ulmus
Agrilus benjamini Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Victoria Co., Victoria Range: TX-MO-IL-KS Hosts: Larval host unk., adults on oaks
Agrilus bentseni Knull 1954 TL: TX, Hidalgo Co., Bentsen Rio Grande State Park Range: TX Host: Adults on Bernardia myricifolia
Agrilus bespencus Barr 2008 TL: TX: Pecos Co., Sheffield Range: TX Hosts: Unk.
Agrilus bilineatus (Weber) Range: TX-FL-ME-SD / Can Host: major mortality agent of stressed oaks - Quercus spp., particularly red oaks
Agrilus cavatus Chevrolat
Agrilus celti Knull Range: TX-GA-NY-ND / Ont. Host: Larvae in hackberry - Celtis spp.
Agrilus cephalicus LeConte Range: TX-FL-NY-SD / se. Can Host: Larvae in dogwood - Cornus
Agrilus concinnus Horn Range: TX-FL-MD-MO Host: Larvae in Hibiscus laevis

Agrilus costipennis Fisher

Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Adults in Acacia spp, Prosopis glandulosa
Agrilus cupricollis Gory
Agrilus davisi Knull 1941 TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns. Range: TX Hosts: Unk.
Agrilus defectus LeConte Range: TX-GA-NY-ND Hosts: Larvae in oaks, Quercus alba, Q. muehlenbergii, Q. stellata
Agrilus difficilis Gory Range: NM-GA-NJ-SD Host: Larvae in honeylocust - Gleditsia triacanthos
Agrilus dolli Schaeffer 1904 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esparanza Ranch Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Diospyros texana
Agrilus egeniformis Champlain & Knull Range: NM-TX-PA-SD (very atypical distrbution) Hosts: Larvae in honeylocust - Gleditsia triacanthos and                  western soapberry - Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
Agrilus egenus Gory Range: AZ-GA-NY-SD / adj. Can.  Hosts: Larvae in locust, Robinia spp.
Agrilus eleanorae Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Devil's River Range: AZ-TX / Mex Hosts: Adults on Acacia spp. and Ebenopsis sp.
Agrilus esperanzae Knull 1935 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: TX / Mex Host: unknown
Agrilus exiguellus Fisher 1928 TL: TX Range: KS, TX Hosts: Adults on Quercus sp.
Agrilus exsapindi Vogt 1949 TL: TX: SW Hidalgo Co., 1 mi S Granjeno Range: TX Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
Agrilus fallax Say Range: NM-FL-NY-CO Hosts: Larvae host in Acer, Celtis, Cornus
Agrilus falli Fisher
Agrilus felix Horn Range: CA-TX-CO-ID / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in Atriplex, Parkinsonia, Grayia
Agrilus ferrisi Dury Range: TX-MS-OH-IA (roughly) Hosts: Larvae in Acer (?), Celtis spp.

Agrilus fisherellus Obenberger

Agrilus geminatus (Say)

Agrilus gibbicollis Fall Range: CA-TX-KS-MT Hosts: Adults on oaks and mesquite
Agrilus gillespiensis Knull 1947 TL: TX: Gillespie Co.  Range: TX Hosts: Adults on Celtis sp.
Agrilus granulatus (Say) Range: CA-MS-ME-WA / adj. Can. Hosts: Larvae in Populus spp. and Betula
Agrilus (Engyaulus) hespenheidei Nelson Range: se NM-adj TX Host: Larval host unk.
Agrilus imbellis Crotch Range: TX-FL-NY-MN / Ont. Hosts: Adults on Bigelowia, Helianthemum, Rudbeckia (Asteraceae)
Agrilus lacustris LeConte Range: CA-AL-IL-WI-CO / Mex. Hosts: Adults on Croton, Solanum
Agrilus lautuellus Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Duval Co., San Diego Range: TX Hosts: Larvae in Diospros texana
Agrilus lecontei celticola Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: AZ-MS, TX-KS / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Celtis, Baccharis, Harvardia, Leucaena
Agrilus limpiae Knull 1941 TL: TX: Davis Co., Davis Mtns. Range: TX-KS Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus sp.
Agrilus macer LeConte 1858 TL: TX: Maverick Co., Eagle Pass Range: TX-LA, FL / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Celtis spp.

Agrilus malvastri Fisher

Agrilus masculinus Horn

Agrilus minosae Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Devil's River Range: AZ, TX / Mex Hosts: Adults on various Legumes
Agrilus muticus LeConte 1858 TL: TX  Range: TX-KS Hosts: Adults on Callirhoe sp.
Agrilus neoprosopidis Knull 1938 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Leucaena sp.
Agrilus oblongus Fisher Range: TX-FL-MD-MO Host: Larvae in Vitis sp.
Agrilus obolinus LeConte
Agrilus obscurilineatus Vogt 1949 TL: TX: Starr Co., Rio Grande City to                                                     Hidalgo Co., Mission Range: AZ, TX / Mex Hosts: Adults on Acacia spp.
Agrilus obsoletoguttatus Gory Range: NM-FL-ME-MN / se. Can. Hosts: Larvae in a wide variety of hardwoods
Agrilus obtusus Horn 1891 TL: TX: "probably near lower Rio Grande" Range: NM-TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Senna sp.
Agrilus olentangyi Champlain & Knull 1925 TL: TX Range: NM-GA-MI-KS Hosts: Larvae in smooth sumac - Rhus glabra
Agrilus ornatulus Horn 1891 TL: SW TX Range: TX, KS Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus sp. and Foresteria sp.
Agrilus otiosus Say Range: TX-GA-NY-MN / se. Can. / Mex. Hosts: Larvae in hicory, walnut, persimmon and sassafrass
Agrilus parabductus Knull 1954 TL: TX: Lake Corpus Christi Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Adults on Acacia sp.
Agrilus paracelti Knull Range: TX-GA-NY-SD Hosts: Larvae in hackberry - Celtis spp.
Agrilus parvus parvus Saunders 1870 NTL: Kerrvilley, Kerr Co., Texas Range: TX-FL-NY-WY / MB Host: Adults on false indigo bush - Amorpha fruticosa

Agrilus pectoralis Waterhouse Range: CA-TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Huisache, Mesquite, Ebony, Retama
Agrilus politus politus (Say)
Agrilus prionurus Chevrolat 1838 Range: TX / Mex. (likely to spread to AZ-LA-MO-CO) Host: Western Soapberry                  (Sapindus saponaria L. var. drummondii)
Agrilus prosopidis Fisher 1928 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Various hardwoods
Agrilus pseudofallax Frost Range: TX-GA-PA-WI Host: Larvae in honeylocust - Gleditsia triacanthos
Agrilus pubescens Fisher Range: AZ, TX, NE, SD Host: Larvae in Acacia greggii, Adults also on Prosopis
Agrilus (Engyaulus) pulchellus Bland Range: AZ-TX-ND-UT / Mex. Host: Larvae in roots of Fleabane - Erigeron sp.
Agrilus putillus parputillus Knull 1960 TL: TX: Brewster Co., Big Bend NP, Chisos Mtns.,  Range: TX Hosts: Larvae in big tooth maple - Acer grandidentatum
Agrilus rubroniger Hespenheide Range: TX-FL-SC-MO Hosts: Adults on huckleberry, other low shrubs, and oaks

Agrilus rubrovittatus Waterhouse

Agrilus ruficollis (Fabricius) Range: TX-FL-ME-MN / se Can Host: larvae bore into wild/domestic                                                         Blackberry, Rubus spp.
Agrilus salviaphilos Manley 1979 TL: TX: Frio Co., 3 mi S Moore Range: TX Hosts: Adults on Salvia ballotiflora
Agrilus sapindi Knull 1938 TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns. Range: NM-TX, KS Hosts: Adults on Sapindus sp.
Agrilus scitulus Horn 1891 TL: TX: "probably Waco" Range: TX-KS Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus sp.
Agrilus subcinctus Gory Range: NM-FL-NY-NE Host: Larvae host in ash - Fraxinus
Agrilus subtropicus Schaeffer 1905 TL: TX: Brownsville, Esperanza Ranch Range: southmost TX / ne. Mex Hosts: Adults on Celtis sp. and Diospyros sp.
Agrilus taeniatus Chevrolat
Agrilus toxotes Obenberger
Agrilus transimpressus Fall Range: roughly: TX-MS-SC-NJ-MN Host: Larvae in black walnut - Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)
Agrilus turnbowi Nelson 1990 TL: TX: San Antonio, Ft. Sam Houston Range: TX Hosts: Larvae in Phoradendron tomentosum
Agrilus viridescens Knull 1935 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: TX / Mex Hosts: Larvae in Prosopis glandulosa

Genus Aphanisticus

Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum Obenberger Range: TX-FL-SC (introduced) Hosts: Surgarcane - Saccharum officinarum

Genus Brachys

Brachys aerosus (Melsheimer) Range: AZ-FL-ME-MT / adj. Can Hosts: Oaks - Quercus spp.
Brachys aeruginosus Gory Range: TX-FL-ME-SD / se. Can. Host: Larval host unk., adults on oaks
Brachys barberi Fisher Range: AZ-TX Host: adults on Quercus gambelii
Brachys ovatus (Weber) Range: AZ-FL-ME-MT / Can & Mex Hosts: Oaks - Quercus spp.
Brachys querci Knull 1952 TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns. Range: NM-TX Hosts: Adults on Quercus sp.

Genus Taphrocerus

Taphrocerus agriloides Crotch 1873 TL: TX  Range: TX-FL-NC-MO Hosts: larval host unknown
Taphrocerus albodistinctus Knull Range: TX-FL-GA Host: Larval host unk. Note: New State Record for Texas
Taphrocerus howardi Obenberger
Taphrocerus nicolayi Obenberger Range: TX-FL-ME-NE Host: Adults on Carex spp.
Taphrocerus schaefferi Nicolay & Weiss 1920 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville  Range: AZ-FL-ONT-IA Hosts: Larvae in "nutsedge" and Cyperus sp

Genus Pachyschelus

Pachyschelus fisheri Vogt 1949 TL: TX: Cameron Co., 3 mi E Santa Maria Range: TX - Only known from Type Locality Hosts: Larvae in Bernardia myricifolia
Pachyschelus laevigatus (Say) Range: LA-FL-NY-SD / se. Can. Hosts: Larvae in Desmodium spp. and Lespedeza sp.
Pachyschelus nicolayi Obenberger Range: TX-FL-DE-ND Hosts: Apios, Wisteria
Pachyschelus purpureus uvaldei Knull 1941 TL: TX: Uvalde Co. Range: TX Hosts: Adults on Acalypha hederacea
Pachyschelus vogti Hespenheide Range: TX, FL to SC Hosts: larval hosts unknown

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