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
Megacyllene decora
(Olivier, 1800)
; Chlorophorini
[new state record]
Distribution:
Southern OH to OK to MN.
Kentucky
collections were from sites on the shores of the
Ohio
River (
Interior Plateau
and
Mississippi
Alluvial Plain; Map 098).
Kentucky
counties:
Carroll (1), Fulton (2)
Years:
2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2021 (1)
Months:
September (3)
Collections (3 records,
3 specimens
):
CMNH (2), iNat (1)
Collection methods:
nr
Larval host plants:
Amorpha fruticosa
(
Rice 1989
)
Adult flower hosts:
Eutrochium
and
Solidago
(
Bousquet
et al.
2017
)
Comments:
Its larval host plant is a shrub that grows on the banks and islands of larger rivers. Based on collections made by EGC in
Ohio
, it would not be surprising if this species occurs sporadically along the
Ohio
River in
Kentucky
wherever
A. fruticosa
grows and adults should be present on flowers (especially
Solidago
) in September and October.