Typocerus velutinus (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 : 70

Typocerus velutinus (Olivier, 1800) ; Lepturini

Distribution: NS to FL to south TX to eastern CO to southern MB. Kentucky collections of this abundant species are statewide (Map 202).

Kentucky counties: Barren (1), Bath (7), Breathitt (5), Bullitt (19), Caldwell (1), Calloway (3), Campbell (1), Christian (2), Edmonson (9), Fayette (3), Grant (2), Grayson (2), Hardin (1), Harlan (1), Henderson (1), Hopkins (1), Jackson (2), Jefferson (5), Jessamine (1), Knott (2), LaRue (1), Laurel (1), Letcher (2), Lewis (6), Lincoln (1), Lyon (1), Madison (59), Marshall (1), McCracken (2), Meade (2), Menifee (8), Morgan (3), Pike (1), Powell (6), Pulaski (1), Rockcastle (1), Rowan (37), Trigg (1), Wayne (3), Whitley/Knox (1)

Years: 1892 (7), 1898 (1), 1919 (5), 1929 (2), 1945 (1), 1952 (2), 1959 (1), 1969 (1), 1970 (1), 1972 (1), 1973 (3), 1975 (2), 1976 (3), 1978 (16), 1979 (3), 1980 (1), 1982 (8), 1984 (31), 1985 (7), 1997 (1), 1998 (1), 2001 (8), 2008 (1), 2010 (12), 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (38), 2014 (2), 2015 (3), 2016 (2), 2017 (3), 2018 (6), 2019 (7), 2020 (7), 2021 (14)

Months: May (1), June (88), July (115), August (2), October (1)

Collections (108 records, 207 specimens): ABRC (54), AMBC (2), BG (4), EGCCRC (2), JMLC (2), NMSU (1), PDBC (2), UKIC (78), UMNH (2), UMRM (26), iNat (34)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (47); sugar trap (12), light (2), reared from Ulmus (1), Flowers: Viburnum (33), Cimicifuga racemosa (5), Daucus carota (3), Asclepias (1), Sambucus (1), Trifolium pratense (1), daisy (1)

Larval host plants: Alnus serrulatus , Betula spp. , Carya , Castanea dentata , Fagus grandifolia , Juniperus virginiana , Liriodendron tulipifera , Pinus rigida , Populus deltoides , Quercus spp. , Salix exigua and Sassafras albidum ( Monné & Nearns 2022b)

Adult flower hosts: Achillea , Asclepias , Daucus carota , Hydrangea arborescens , Sambucus nigra , Spiraea , Viburnum ( Lingafelter 2007) and Ceanothus , Cirsium, Melilotus , Rhus , Rubus and Solidago ( Bousquet et al. 2017)

Comments: The most abundant species in this genus in Kentucky, probably due to its wide host range that includes both hardwoods and conifers. Adults are diurnal and most commonly collected on flowers.