Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) quercata (Fabricius,

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

41. Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) quercata (Fabricius,

1801)

Parish records (n = 81): Bossier, Caddo, Catahoula, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Grant, Jefferson Davis, Livingston, Natchitoches, Rapides, St. Helena, St. Landry, St. Tammany, and Webster Parishes (FSCA, LSAM, MEM, TAMU).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Pinus echinata and Pinus sp. possibly taeda ; records of larvae (but not adults) utilizing angiosperms probably not this buprestid species ( MacRae 2006). Adults reported on Carya tomentosa , Corylus americana Walt. , Prunus americana , Quercus coccinea , Quercus laurifolia , Quercus palustris , Quercus rubra , Quercus stellata , Quercus velutina , and Sassafras albidum .

Collection date range: 19 April–31 May, mostly in April (n = 49).

Comments: Collected at light, by beating and using boll weevil pheromone traps.