Curius dentatus Newman, 1840

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

Curius dentatus Newman, 1840 ; Curiini [new state record]

Distribution: MD to central FL to LA and north to southwest OH, with records generally absent from the Appalachian region. Kentucky specimens were collected in the western two thirds of the state (i.e., non-Appalachian ecoregions; Map 035).

Kentucky counties: Boone (1), Caldwell (3), Calloway (1), Campbell (4), Fayette (4), Hopkins (1), Jefferson (3)

Years: 1974 (3), 2006 (4), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2015 (1), 2020 (5), 2021 (1), nr (1)

Months: June (1), July (6), August (8), September (1), nr (1)

Collections (15 records, 17 specimens): BG (2), CMNH (4), EGCCRC (2), JMLC (1), PDBC (1), UKIC (3), XEUC (3), iNat (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (5); Light (2); panel trap baited with: α- & β-pinene (4), Ray lab blend (3)

Larval host plants: Acer , Juniperus , Pinus , Taxodium ( Fattig 1947) and Carya floridana ( Lingafelter 2007)

Chemical lures: R*S* -diol ( Hanks & Millar 2013); C6-ketol+C6-diol ( Millar et al. 2017)

Comments: Attracted to lights.