Mecas cana (Newman, 1840)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CD98B371-D713-457E-A2D4-504F5AB0CAC5
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E6F5F56-FF80-FF9D-CCCF-FC0DFBA63040
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mecas cana (Newman, 1840)
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Mecas cana (Newman, 1840) View in CoL ; Saperdini [new state record]

Distribution: Northern IL to central FL to west TX to SD. The single Kentucky specimen was photographed in the western part of the state ( Interior River Valley and Hills ; Map 095).

Kentucky counties: Muhlenberg (1)

Years: 2017 (1)

Months: June (1)

Collections (1 record, 1 specimen): iNat/BG (1)

Collection methods: nr

Larval host plants: Ambrosia , Flaveria linearis , Gaillardia and Helianthus ( Lingafelter 2007)

Comments: Specimens are most efficiently collected by sweeping their hostplants.