Agrilus (s. str.) lecontei, Saunders, 1871

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 : 362

83. Agrilus (s. str.) lecontei lecontei Saunders, 1871 Parish records (n = 160). Acadia, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, Grant,

Iberville, Jefferson, Natchitoches, Rapides, St. Landry, and Tensas Parishes (LSAM, TAMU).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Baccharis sp. , Celtis laevigata , and Celtis laevigata var. reticulata (Torr.) L. Benson. Adults reported also on Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (H. & A.) L. Benson.

Collection date range: 14 March–10 July, mostly (n = 89) during April, 34 reared specimens emerged April–December.

Comments: Collected at light, by hand, using boll weevil pheromone, canopy Malaise, and sticky (‘on cypress’) traps,‘in dead sugarberry’, reared from ‘hackberry’ and ‘miscellaneous dead limbs.’ Also as C. fumipennis prey.