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
Aegomorphus modestus
(Gyllenhal in Schoenherr,1817); Acanthoderini
[new state record]
Distribution:
NB to south FL to eastern TX to MN.
Kentucky
collections are nearly statewide (absent in the far west), with most specimens from the eastern third of the state (Map 004).
Kentucky
counties:
Breathitt (1), Campbell (9), Fayette (1), Harlan (2), Hopkins (1), Madison (8), Montgomery (1), Rowan (3), Russell (1), Warren (1), Wolfe (2), nr (4)
Years:
1981 (2), 1986 (1), 2008 (1), 2011 (1), 2013 (6), 2014 (1), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (8), 2018 (2), 2019 (1), 2020 (2), 2021 (1), nr (4)
Months:
April (1), May (2), June (12), July (14), August (1), nr (4)
Collections (25 records,
34 specimens
):
ABRC (7), BG (1), CNHM (4), EGCCRC (6), PDBC (1), UKIC (3), XEUC (9), iNat (3)
Collection methods:
Light (9); Malaise traps (6); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (7) or trichoferone (2)
Larval host plants:
Acer
spp.
,
Betula
,
Carpinus caroliniana
,
Carya
,
Celtis
,
Cornus florida
,
Crataegus
,
Fagus
spp.
,
Fraxinus
spp
.,
Liriodendron tulipifera
,
Liquidambar styraciflua
,
Nyssa sylvatica
,
Ostrya virginiana
,
Pinus contorta
,
Populus
,
Prunus avium
,
Pyrus malus
,
Quercus
,
Salix
,
Sesbania drummondii
,
Tilia americana
and
Ulmus
(
Monné & Nearns 2022d
)
Chemical lures:
(
E
/
Z
)-fuscumol + acetate (
Hanks & Millar 2013
) (a component of the Ray lab lure blend)
Comments:
Attracted to lights and fermenting sugar.