Rhopalophora longipes (Say, 1824)

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 : 27

Rhopalophora longipes (Say, 1824) ; Rhopalophorini [new state record]

Distribution: PA to GA to NM to IA. Kentucky specimens are mostly from the eastern third of the state (Map 159).

Kentucky counties: Fayette (5), Jessamine (1), Madison (23), Rowan (1), Warren (2)

Years: 1903 (1), 1970 (2), 1971 (1), 1974 (2), 1985 (1), 2009 (4), 2011 (18), 2013 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (1)

Months: April (2), May (4), June (26)

Collections (12 records, 32 specimens): ABRC (8),AMBC (1), CMNH (2), EGCCRC (15), PDBC (1), UKIC (5)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (2); Flowers: unspecified (8), Cercis (2), Cornus (1), Spiraea (1); potato (1)

Larval host plants: Cercis canadensis , Cornus drummondii , Robinia pseudoacacia , Quercus and Ulmus rubra ( Monné & Nearns 2022c)

Comments: Kentucky specimens of this diurnal species are scattered throughout the eastern two thirds of the state. One of the few cerambycine genera to visit flowers, where series of specimens are often collected.