Judolia cordifera (Olivier, 1800)

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 : 61

Judolia cordifera (Olivier, 1800) ; Lepturini

Distribution: Northern ME to northern GA and AL to eastern MO. Kentucky specimens are scattered with most occurring in the eastern half of the state (Map 084).

Kentucky counties: Bullitt (1), Christian (4), Fayette (1), Hopkins (8), Laurel (3), Madison (2), Powell (3), Pulaski (1), Rowan (11), Whitley (1), Whitley/Knox (1)

Years: 1945 (2), 1982 (5), 1984 (2), 1985 (4), 2001 (3), 2003 (10), 2009 (3), 2010 (3), 2013 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2021 (1)

Months: May (9), June (24), July (2), September (1)

Collections (22 records, 36 specimens): ABRC (1), AMBC (1), CMNH (4), EGCCRC (5), JMLC (1), UKIC (22), iNat (2)

Collection methods: Flowers: Viburnum (6), Aruncus (2), Daucus carota (2), Asclepias (2), Ceanothus americanus (1), Rhus glabra (1), Prunus (1); log pile (1); blacklight (1)

Larval host plants: Castanea mollissima and C. sativa ( Monné & Nearns 2022b)

Adult flower hosts: Achillea , Cornus , Daucus carota , Hydrangea arborescens , Sambucus nigra and Tragopogon ( Lingafelter 2007) and Ceanothus , Solidago , and Spiraea ( Bousquet et al. 2017)

Comments: Diurnal, adults can be common on flowers.