Clytoleptus albofasciatus (Laporte & Gory, 1838)

Chapman, Eric G., Richards, Austin B. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2023, The longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Kentucky with notes on larval hosts, adult nectar use, and semiochemical attraction, Zootaxa 5229 (1), pp. 1-89 : 12

Clytoleptus albofasciatus (Laporte & Gory, 1838) ; Clytini “grape trunk borer” [new state record]

Distribution: Southern PQ to northern FL to OK and NE. Kentucky specimens were collected in the northeastern part of the Interior Plateau (Map 033).

Kentucky counties: Campbell (3), Fayette (3), Jessamine (1)

Years: 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2020 (2)

Months: May (1), June (4), July (2)

Collections (7 records, 7 specimens): EGCCRC (3), PDBC (1), XEUC (3)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (3); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (3)

Larval host plants: Carya and Vitis riparia ( Monné & Nearns 2022c)

Comments: This species is most commonly collected in traps, although rearing from dead and dying grapevine ( Vitis ) ( Linsley 1964) or beating grape vines ( Bousquet et al. 2017) should yield specimens.