Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) viridifrons Gory,, 1841

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 : 357

43. Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) viridifrons Gory,

1841

Parish records (n = 15): Bossier, Catahoula, East Baton Rouge, Grant, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Tensas Parishes (FSCA, LSAM, MEM).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Amelanchier arborea , Carya cordiformis , Carya glabra , Carya illinoinensis , Carya ovata , Carya tomentosa , Morus sp. , Ulmus americana , Ulmus crassifolia , and Ulmus rubra ; records of larvae utilizing Salix spp. and Vitis spp. probably not this buprestid species ( MacRae 2006). Adults reported also on Acer saccharum , Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal, Carya cordiformis , Cercis canadensis , Crataegus sp. , Fraxinus americana L., Gleditsia triacanthos , Juglans nigra , Malus sp. , Quercus alba , Quercus rubra , Rubus sp. , and Ulmus alata Michx.

Collection date range: 8 April–12 May.

Comments: Collected at light and boll weevil pheromone traps.

Tribe Xenorhipidini