Mecas pergrata (Say, 1824)

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

Mecas pergrata (Say, 1824) ; Saperdini [new state record]

Distribution: Southern ON to NC to south TX to NM and CO. Kentucky specimens are from the central third of the state ( Interior Plateau ; Map 096).

Kentucky counties: Clark (1), Fayette (1), Mercer (4), Nelson (3), Warren (1)

Years: 1938 (1), 1949 (1), 1972 (3), 1976 (4), 2011 (1)

Months: May (1), June (7), July (2)

Collections (7 records, 10 specimens): BG (1), UKIC (9)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (4)

Larval host plants: Aster spinosus , Helianthus , Heterotheca and Ratibida pinnata ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Comments: Adults can be collected by sweeping wildflowers ( Lingafelter & Horner 1993).