Cyrtophorus verrucosus (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 : 13

Cyrtophorus verrucosus (Olivier, 1800) ; Anaglyptini [new state record]

Distribution: Southern PQ to northern FL to southeastern TX to MN and west to southeastern AB. Most Kentucky records are from the eastern half of the state (Map 037).

Kentucky counties: Barren (1), Bath (1), Campbell (34), Carter (1), Fayette (9), Johnson (1), Madison (18), Meade (1), Morgan (1), Nelson (1), Oldham (2), Pendleton (1), Pike (1), Powell (1), Rowan (1), Trimble (1), Woodford (1)

Years: 1949 (1), 1950 (1), 1956 (1), 1967 (1), 1971 (1), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1981 (1), 1985 (1), 1986 (1), 1989 (1), 2011 (2), 2012 (12), 2013 (6), 2014 (1), 2015 (2), 2016 (3), 2017 (29), 2018 (5), 2019 (1), 2020 (2), 2021 (2)

Months: March (1), April (39), May (27), June (8), July (1)

Collections (46 records, 76 specimens): ABRC (12), AMBC (1), BG (1), EGCCRC (9), FlorC (2), JMLC (2), PDBC (1), UKIC (11), XEUC (34), iNat (3)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (16); sugar trap (1); Prunus flower (1); log pile (1); panel trap baited with: Ray lab blend (31), C6 ketols (1), “Mebu and 3RR” (1)

Larval host plants: Acer , Betula , Carya , Castanea , Cercis , Cornus , Fagus , Pinus , Quercus and Ulmus ( Lingafelter 2007)

Chemical lures: 3R*- ketone and 2-nonanone ( Hanks & Millar 2013); C6-ketol ( Millar et al. 2017)

Comments: Attracted to fermenting sugar and occasionally to lights, A commonly collected spring species most often seen in April and May in Kentucky where they can be collected on early blooming trees and shrubs ( Bousquet et al. 2017).