Asteraceae Helianthus
Brassicaceae Erysimum
Fabaceae Acacia, Cercidium, Parkinsonia aculeata, Prosopis juliflora
Lamiaceae Salvia clevelandii, Stachys byzantina
Lythraceae Cuphea ignea
Pedaliaceae Sesamum indicum, Cuphua ignea

Total adult length: 0.7 to 1.0 inches (18 - 26 mm).

Solitary or facultatively social and build their nests in old agave stalks or other soft rotting limbs. Facultatively social species exhibit behavioral plasticity in response to changes in ecological conditions and social environment

X. varipuncta maintains flight activity within an ambient temperature range of 1 2 - 4 0 ∘ C [50].