The longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Kentucky with notes on larval hosts, adult nectar use, and semiochemical attraction
Author
Chapman, Eric G.
Author
Richards, Austin B.
0000-0002-0920-8532
ichards@csuchico.edu
Author
Dupuis, Julian R.
0000-0002-6989-9179
upuis@uky.edu
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-01-18
5229
1
1
89
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1
1175-5326
7546352
CD98B371-D713-457E-A2D4-504F5AB0CAC5
Hippopsis lemniscata
(Fabricius, 1801)
; Agapanthiini
[new state record]
Distribution:
Southern ON to south FL to TX to IA, with collections as far south as
Nicaragua
. Kentucky collections are mostly from the eastern two thirds of the state (Map 080).
Kentucky
counties:
Bullitt (1), Campbell (2), Fayette (2), Grant (1), Harlan (1), Harrison (1), Jefferson (2), Jessamine (1), Letcher (1), Lincoln (1), Madison (6), Nicholas (1), Pendleton (2), Powell (1), Rowan (1), Trigg (1), Warren (1), Wayne (1)
Years:
1940 (1), 1952 (1), 1970 (1), 1971 (2), 1972 (1), 1976 (1), 1983 (1), 1986 (1), 1995 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (6), 2014 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (2), 2018 (1), 2020 (2)
Months:
May (1), June (11), July (9), August (4), September (1), October (1)
Collections (27 records,
27 specimens
):
ABRC (4), BG (2), EGCCRC (6), PDBC (1), UKIC (9), WKUC (1), XEUC (1), iNat (3)
Collection methods:
Malaise trap (8); Light (3); Flowers:
Cornus
(1),
Salix
(1)
Larval host plants:
Ageratum
,
Amaranthus
,
Ambrosia
spp.
,
Aster spinosus
,
Bidens
,
Coreopsis
,
Desmodium elegans
,
Erechtites
,
Erigeron ramosus
,
Glycine
,
Helianthus
,
Polymnia canadensis
,
Melothria pendula
,
Rudbeckia
,
Sesamum
indicuIm
,
Vernonia interior
and
Xanthium
(
Monné & Nearns 2022d
)
Comments:
Attracted to lights and readily comes to Malaise traps.