Phymatodes varius (Fabricius, 1776)

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 : 25

Phymatodes varius (Fabricius, 1776) ; Callidiini [new state record]

Distribution: Southern PQ to NC to southern AZ to IA. The few Kentucky specimens were collected in the north-central part of the state ( Interior Plateau and Western Allegheny Plateau (Map 140).

Kentucky counties: Campbell (1), Fayette (1), Rowan (2), nr (2)

Years: 1916 (1), 1981 (2), 2017 (1), nr (2)

Months: April (1), May (2), June (1), nr (2)

Collections (6 records, 6 specimens): UKIC (3), UMRM (2), XEUC (1)

Collection methods: Quercus wood pile (2); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (1)

Larval host plants: Carya ( Lingafelter 2007) , Quercus spp. , and Vitis ( Monné & Nearns 2022c)

Chemical lures: A blend of: 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one + (2 R *,3 R *)-2,3-hexanediol + racemic (E)-fuscumol + racemic (E)-fuscumol acetate + monochamol + racemic 2-methylbutan-1-ol ( Hanks & Millar 2013)

Comments: Adults can be collected by beating dead and dying oak ( Quercus alba and Q. macrocarpa ) branches ( Bousquet et al. 2017).