Cacostola lineata Hamilton. First

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Cacostola lineata Hamilton. First larval host

record.

DJH reared one specimen from a dead branch of Celtis from TX: Cameron Co., Sabal Palm Sanctuary. Linsley and Chemsak (1997) list Baccharis , Celtis , Condalia , Pithecellobium flexicaule Benth. (Fabaceae) , and Salix as host plants, whereas Hovore et al. (1987) did not list any larval host plants. Apparently, Linsley and Chemsak (1997) listed records of plants from which adult C. lineata were beaten from as reported by Hovore et al. (1987). Some or all of these plants listed by Linsley and Chemsak (1997) may serve as larval hosts, but to the best of our knowledge, our specimen from Celtis is the only confirmed rearing record of this species.

Goes novus Fall. New larval host record.

All species of Goes LeConte are known or presumed to feed in living hardwoods, predominantly oaks ( Solomon 1995). Goes novus larvae, pupae, and adults were recorded as being collected in or on unspecified species of oak ( Hovore 1983). Numerous specimens were taken at light by the late Dave Marqua from TX: Jeff Davis Co., Limpia Canyon, 1,830 m [6,000 ft], especially in late June and early July (DJHC and TAMU). Several pupae of this species were collected by DJH on IV- 27-1997 in the root crowns of Q. mohriana from TX: Pecos Co., 28 mi. S of Fort Stockton. Only one pupa survived transformation into an adult about one month later. The type locality of G. novus is Alpine, TX. Linsley and Chemsak (1985) cite the species’ geographic range as “West Texas ”. Single specimens from Kimble and Dewitt Cos. (DJHC) appear to be conspecific, thus indicating that this species occurs over a very wide area of central and western Texas.