Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027710
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scientific name	Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846
status

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 2 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America, transcontinental in north.

Saproxylic habits.

Breeds in a variety of polypore fungi, including Trametes , Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P. Karst , and Gloeophyllum sepiarium (Wulfen) P. Karst ( Gloeophyllaceae ) ( Weiss and West 1920); additionally emerged from rotting hickory branches dead for two to four years ( Blackman and Stage 1924).