Callimoxys ocularis Hammond & Williams, 2011

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 : 11-12

Callimoxys ocularis Hammond & Williams, 2011 ; Stenopterini

Taxonomic note: This genus was recently revised by Hammond and Williams (2011) who described this species.

Distribution: OH to GA to eastern TX to eastern NE. The lone Kentucky specimen was collected at the intersection of 3 ecoregions in eastern Kentucky (Map 028).

Kentucky counties: Rockcastle (1)

Years: 2016 (1)

Months: May (1)

Collections (1 record, 1 specimen): CNC (1)

Collection methods: nr

Larval host plants: Unknown

Adult flower hosts: Ceanothus americanus , Cornus drummondii , Crataegus marshallii , Photinia fraseri , Spiraea , Viburnum dentatum ( Hammond & Williams 2011)

Comments: Callimoxys species are rarely collected in Kentucky. This literature-only record ( Hammond & Williams 2011) was a dot on a distribution map with no specific locality information. The senior author provided us with the locality info to include in the dataset.