Asemum striatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 74

Asemum striatum (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Asemini [new state record]

Distribution: A Holarctic species ranging across Eurasia from the UK to Japan. In North America , it ranges from NS to FL to southern CA to central AK. Kentucky specimens are from two widely separated counties (Map 012).

Kentucky counties: Hopkins (1), Madison (3)

Years: 1987 (1), 2013 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (1)

Months: March (1), April (1), May (1), July (1)

Collections (4 records, 4 specimens): EGCCRC (1), PDBC (2), UKIC (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (1); panel trap baited with α-pinene (2)

Larval host plants: Larix , Picea , and Pinus ( Bousquet et al. 2017)

Chemical lures: Turpentine ( Gardiner 1957), ethanol + α-pinene ( Chenier & Philogene 1989), a blend of 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one + (2 R *,3 R *)-2,3-hexanediol + racemic (E)-fuscumol + racemic (E)-fuscumol acetate + monochamol + racemic 2-methylbutan-1-ol ( Hanks & Millar 2013) and fuscumol and fuscumol + acetate ( Millar et al. 2017)

Comments: Attracted to lights.