Astylidius parvus (LeConte, 1873)

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 : 33

Astylidius parvus (LeConte, 1873) ; Acanthocinini [new state record]

Distribution: Southern ON to MD to GA to south TX to eastern KS. Most Kentucky specimens were collected just south of Cincinnati, OH ( Interior Plateau ; Map 014).

Kentucky counties: Campbell (15), Menifee (1), nr (1)

Years: 1937 (1), 2017 (4), 2018 (7), 2019 (4), nr (1)

Months: June (1), July (11), August (4), nr (1)

Collections (13 records, 17 specimens): CNHM (1), UKIC (1), XEUC (15)

Collection methods: panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (13), prionic acid (2)

Larval host plants: Aesculus glabra , Albizia julibrissin , Diospyros virginiana , Morus alba , Pithecellobium spp. , Prosopis juliflora and Zanthoxylum spp. ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Chemical lures: Fuscumol and fuscumol + acetate are attractants ( Mitchell et al. 2011); a blend of (R)- and (S)-fuscumol + (R)-fuscumol acetate + geranylacetone ( Meier et al. 2016); ethanol ( Millar et al. 2017)

Comments: Attracted to lights.