Phymatodes amoenus (Say, 1824)

Webster, Reginald P., Alderson, Chantelle A., Webster, Vincent L., CoryC. Hughes, & Sweeney, Jon D., 2016, Further contributions to the longhorn beetle (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada, ZooKeys 552, pp. 109-122 : 112

Phymatodes amoenus (Say, 1824)

Material examined.

New Brunswick, York Co., Keswick Ridge, 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 3-18.VI.2015, 20.VI-16.VII.2015, C. Alderson & V. Webster // Mixed forest , Lindgren funnel trap in canopy (4), 1 m high under trees (2) (3, AFC; 3, RWC); same locality and collectors but 3-18.VI.2015, 18-30.VI.2015 // Hardwood forest, green Lindgren funnel trap in canopy (2), purple Lindgren trap in canopy (1), green Lindgren trap 1 m high under trees (2) (2, AFC; 3, RWC) .

Collection and habitat data.

Phymatodes amoenus was captured in Lindgren traps on the edge of a mixed forest and edge of nearby hardwood stand adjacent to a field. Seven of the 11 individuals were captured in traps in the canopy of trees. Larvae of this species mine under bark of dead grapevines ( Yanega 1996). Our only native grape, Vitis labrusca L. occurred at several areas along the margin of the mixed and hardwood forest where traps were deployed and is the presumed host in New Brunswick.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB ( Bousquet et al. 2013).