Encyclops caerulea (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 : 60

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-FF90-FF8D-CCCF-FD48FAFB314C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Encyclops caerulea (Say, 1826)
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Encyclops caerulea (Say, 1826) View in CoL View at ENA ; Encyclopini [new state record]

Distribution: from NB to northern GA to eastern IA. Both Kentucky specimens were collected on the edge of the Western Allegheny Plateau in the eastern third of the state (Map 053).

Kentucky counties: Madison (1), Powell (1)

Years: 2013 (1), 2019 (1)

Months: May (1), June (1)

Collections (2 records, 2 specimens): EGCCRC (1), iNat (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (1)

Larval host plants: Acer , Carya glabra , Castanea , Fraxinus americana , Juglans nigra , Liriodendron tulipifera , Nyssa sylvatica , Pinus contorta and Quercus bicolor ( Monné & Nearns 2022b)

Adult flower hosts: Cornus and Rubus ( Bousquet et al. 2017)

Comments: This uncommonly collected diurnal species is usually collected from the above flowers.