Ataxia crypta (Say, 1831)

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 : 34-35

Ataxia crypta (Say, 1831) ; Pteropliini [new state record]

Distribution: PA to south FL west to KS and TX, with records as far south as Tamaulipas, MX. The lone Kentucky specimen was taken in the SW part of the state ( Interior Plateau ; Map 018).

Kentucky counties: Todd (1)

Years: 1966 (1)

Months: April (1)

Collections (1 record, 1 specimen): EGCCRC (1)

Collection methods: Not recorded

Larval host plants: Acer , Ambrosia , Castanea , Celtis , Diospyros virginiana , Ficus , Gossypium , Karwinskia humboldtiana , Prunus , Pyrus , Quercus , Salix nigra , Sideroxylon foetidissimum , Smilax , Sophora secundiflora , Vachellia farnesiana , Verbesina , Xanthium and Zanthoxylum clava-herculis ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Chemical lures: Ethanol ( Millar et al. 2017)

Comments: Attracted to lights.