Urgleptes querci (Fitch, 1858)

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 : 55-56

Urgleptes querci (Fitch, 1858) ; Acanthocinini [new state record]

Distribution: Southern PQ and NS to GA to eastern TX to MN. Kentucky collections are from the eastern half of the state ( Interior Plateau and Western Allegheny Plateau; Map 205).

Kentucky counties: Campbell (2), Fayette (15), Jessamine (4), Madison (12), Powell (1), Rowan (1)

Years: 1970 (2), 1971 (2), 1973 (1), 1974 (4), 1985 (1), 2010 (1), 2012 (7), 2013 (4), 2015 (7), 2016 (3), 2018 (2), 2021 (1)

Months: May (7), June (20), July (8)

Collections (32 records, 35 specimens): ABRC (9), AMBC (1), EGCCRC (10), FlorC (1), JMLC (1), PDBC (1), UKIC (10), XEUC (2)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (24); light (4); fogging Fraxinus (1); Aruncus flower (1); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (1), trichoferone (1)

Larval host plants: Acer spp. , Amelanchier canadensis , Aesculus glabra , Asimina triloba , Betula nigra , Carpinus caroliniana , Carya spp ., Cercis canadensis , Cornus spp. , Fagus grandifolia , Fraxinus pennsylvanica , Gymnocladus dioica , Juglans spp. , Lindera benzoin , Liriodendron tulipifera , Morus spp. , Parthenocissus quinquefolia , Populus spp. , Prunus serotina , Ostrya virginiana , Oxydendrum arboretum , Quercus spp. , Rhus spp. , Salix exígua , Tilia americana , Ulmus americana , Vaccinum corymbosum and Viburnum acerifolium ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Chemical lures: Ethanol ( Montgomery & Wargo 1983) and a blend of 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one + syn -2,3- hexanediol + ethanol (D. R. Miller et al. 2022)

Comments: Attracted to lights. Adults can be collected by beating twigs of dead and dying hosts ( Bousquet et al. 2017).

LEPTURINAE