Species Graphisurus despectus

Urographis despectus (LeConte)

Graphisurus despectus (LeConte 1850)

9-14 mm(1)

elytra ground color pale gray or brownish, covered by heavy dark speckling and crossed by irregular blackish band about two-thirds distance from base; elytral apices truncate but not emarginate (concave); scutellum glabrous (smooth; hairless); legs and antennae with conspicuous dark and pale banding; female has long pencil-like ovipositor

females have a slightly broader pygidium than in fasciatus(1)

QC-FL to ON-IA-TX(2)(3)(4)(BG data)

May-Jul(1)

various hardwoods, esp. hickory (Carya, Juglandaceae)(1)

uncommon(5)

narrow female pygidium of fasciatus for comparison(1); the pale sutural mark is more characteristic of fasciatus(5)