Purpuricenus axillaris Haldeman, 1847

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1
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scientific name	Purpuricenus axillaris Haldeman, 1847
status

Distribution: MA to FL to OK and KS to southern ON. Kentucky specimens are from the eastern third of the state (Map 155).

Kentucky counties: Laurel (1), Madison (17)

Years: 1959 (1), 2010 (6), 2013 (11)

Months: May (1), June (9), July (8)

Collections (9 records, 18 specimens): ABRC (10), EGCCRC (7), PMNH (1)

Collection methods: Sugar trap (17)

Larval host plants: Carya alba and C. glabra are the only known larval hosts ( MacRae 2000)

Comments: All Madison County specimens were collected by EGC with fermenting sugar traps.

MacRae, T. C. (2000) Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America. The PanPacific Entomologist, 76, 137 - 169.