Phymatodes lengi Joutel. First

Heffern, Daniel J., Vlasak, Josef & Alten, Ronald L., 2018, Larval Host Plant Records, Distributional Records, and Biological Information on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4), pp. 739-750 : 745

Phymatodes lengi Joutel. First larval host record

and new state records.

DJH reared single specimens of this species from dead vines of wild Vitis sp. (Vitaceae) from the following locations: KS: Woodson Co.; TX: Harris Co.; and TX: Erath Co. Numerous specimens of Phymatodes amoenus (Say) emerged from the same dead vines. A specimen in EGRC was collected from TX: Blanco/Hays county line, Jct Hwy 290 and FM 3232. JV reared numerous specimens from a dead, thick stem of Vitis , along with Clytoleptus albofasciatus (Laporte and Gory) from PA: Chester Co. Phymatodes lengi apparently has habits similar to P. amoenus , but they emerged about one month later than P. amoenus . There are still questions regarding the biology of P. lengi . JV found small cerambycid larvae in the outer bark of thick, living Vitis but failed to rear any adult beetles from them. It is possible that P. lengi seeks out the thick outer bark of mature vines, perhaps utilizing both living and dead plants. This could explain why this species is much less common than the similarly colored P. amoenus . It is also possible that specimens of P. lengi have been misidentified in collections. The thick bark of living Vitis is also inhabited by the buprestid beetle Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) dichroa B´ılý.