Microgoes oculatus (LeConte, 1862)

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 : 44-45

Microgoes oculatus (LeConte, 1862) ; Lamiini [new state record]

Distribution: NS to northern GA to northern MS to eastern IA. Kentucky specimens are from the southeastern part of the state (Map 104).

Kentucky counties: Bell (1), Harlan (1), Laurel (1), Madison (2)

Years: 1892 (1), 2011 (1), 2013 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (1)

Months: July (1), June (1)

Collections (5 records, 5 specimens): ABRC (1), EGCCRC (2), JMLC (1), UKIC (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (2)

Larval host plants: Cercis canadensis , Cornus florida , Fagus ferrugínea , Fraxinus americana , Oxydendron arboretum , Pinus contorta , Quercus rubra and Tilia americana ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Comments: A diurnal species probably best collected by beating dead branches of its hosts.

Monochamus carolinensis (Olivier, 1792) ; Lamiini

Distribution: NB to FL to eastern TX to eastern NB to MN. Kentucky collections are statewide (Map 106).

Kentucky counties: Barren (1), Bell (1), Bullitt (2), Edmonson (1), Estill (1), Fayette (4), Floyd (1), Grayson (1), Hopkins (4), Jefferson (2), Johnson (1), Knott (1), Laurel (2), Lawrence (1), Lee (11), Letcher (1), Lyon (1), Madison (18), McCracken (1), Meade (1), Menifee (1), Monroe (1), Morgan (2), Powell (2), Pulaski (2), Rowan (6), Shelby (1), Trigg (1), Warren (3), Wayne (4), Whitley (1), Wolfe (4)

Years: 1941 (1), 1952 (2), 1967 (1), 1972 (1), 1974 (2), 1979 (2), 1981 (7), 1984 (1), 1985 (2), 1986 (1), 1987 (1), 1989 (1), 1990 (1), 1993 (1), 1999 (1), 2003 (4), 2009 (2), 2010 (6), 2011 (13), 2013 (4), 2016 (4), 2018 (4), 2019 (7), 2020 (9), 2021 (6)

Months: May (8), June (24), July (39), August (6), September (5), October (1), nr (1)

Collections (66 records, 84 specimens): ABRC (18), AMBC (1), BG (1), CMNH (5), EGCCRC (4), FlorC (3), PDBC (3), UKIC (25), WKUC (1), iNat (23)

Collection methods: Light (11); Malaise trap (4); Pine (3); panel trap baited with: α- & β-pinene (13), α-pinene (4), monochamol (3)

Larval host plants: restricted to Pinus spp. ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Chemical lures: Monochamol, turpentine and ethanol + α-pinene separately or in combinations ( Hanks & Millar 2013), or the bark beetle lure ipsenol alone or in combination with ipsdienol + cis -verbenol ( Allison et al. 2013)

Comments: Attracted to lights.