Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xanthonia villosula (F. E. Melsheimer)
Orig. Comb: Eumolpus villosulus F. E. Melsheimer 1847
Identification
ground color of dorsum light reddish brown, usually immaculate or rarely with faint indications of elytral maculae
(1)Range
e NA (TX-GA-QC-SD) -
Map (2)(3)(4)(5); in Texas, known from the eastern third of the state
(1)Food
oak associations likely represent true food plants. Some Texas specimens were beaten from
Quercus nigra and
Q. stellata (1)Print References
Melsheimer, F.E. (1847) Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 3, 158–181.