Oncideres cingulata (Say, 1826)

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 : 48-49

Oncideres cingulata (Say, 1826) ; Onciderini “twig girdler”

Distribution: CT to south FL to TX to KS. Kentucky records are scattered across the state (Map 131).

Kentucky counties: Breathitt (2), Bullitt (2), Butler (1), Caldwell (2), Carlisle (1), Fayette (1), Hardin (1), Hopkins (5), Logan (1), Madison (6), McCracken (1), Oldham (1), Powell (2), Russell/Wayne (1), Warren (3), nr (1)

Years: 1912 (1), 1946 (1), 1948 (2), 1959 (1), 1967 (1), 1972 (1), 1978 (1), 1979 (1), 1980 (2), 1982 (2), 1983 (1), 2000 (1), 2002 (1), 2004 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (3), 2014 (1), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020 (3)

Months: May (1), June (1), August (2), September (15), October (11), nr (1)

Collections (27 records, 31 specimens): AMBC (1), CMNH (3), EGCCRC (6), UKIC (11), UMRM (1), WKUC (4), iNat (4), iNat/BG (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (4); light (3)

Larval host plants: Betula nigra , Carpinus caroliniana , Carya spp ., Celtis laevigata , Cercis canadensis , Cornus florida , Diospyros virginiana , Eucalyptus grandis , Gleditschia triacanthos , Juglans nigra , Malus , Myrica , Populus deltoides , Prosopis , Prunus , Pyrus , Terminalia catalpa , Tilia americana and Ulmus americana ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Comments: A late summer—early fall species in Kentucky. Adult females girdle twigs with their mandibles and lay eggs on the distal portion which eventually falls to the ground where the larvae develop ( Cramer 1998). Attracted to lights.