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
Oplosia nubila
(LeConte, 1862)
; Acanthoderini
[new state record]
Distribution:
NB to TN to IA and WI to southern ON.
Kentucky
collections of this uncommonly collected species are from just south of Cincinnati, OH (
Interior Plateau
; Map 132).
Kentucky
counties:
Campbell (4)
Years:
2017 (2), 2018 (2)
Months:
June (1), July (1)
Collections (3 records,
4 specimens
):
XEUC (4)
Collection methods:
panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (4)
Larval host plants:
Acer rubrum
,
Fagus
spp.
,
Fraxinus americana
,
Tilia americana
and
Ulmus americana
(
Monné & Nearns 2022d
)
Chemical lures:
Fuscumol acetate (
Hanks
et al.
2018
)
Comments:
Fuscumol acetate was a component of the Ray lab lure blend that collected the 4
Kentucky
specimens. Adults can be found on dead basswoods (
Tilia
), the primary host (
Bousquet
et al.
2017
).