Astyleiopus variegatus (Haldeman, 1847)

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 : 33

Astyleiopus variegatus (Haldeman, 1847) ; Acanthocinini [new state record]

Taxonomic note: This species is listed under the genus Sternidius in identification manuals published before 2008 (e.g., Lingafelter 2007; Linsley & Chemsak 1995; Yanega 1996) when Bousquet (2008) assigned it to Astyleiopus .

Distribution: NS to GA to AZ to AB. Kentucky collections of this common and wide-ranging species are nearly statewide (only absent from the two Mississippi ecoregions; Map 013).

Kentucky counties: Breathitt (1), Campbell (10), Fayette (34), Harrison (1), Jefferson (4), Madison (16), Meade (2), Mercer (3), Muhlenberg (1), Nelson (1), Nicholas (1), Oldham (1), Powell (2), Rowan (5), Shelby (1), Trigg (1), Union (1), Warren (3), Wayne (1), nr (2)

Years: 1892 (1), 1914 (1), 1937 (1), 1939 (1), 1941 (4), 1951 (1), 1952 (1), 1953 (1), 1962 (2), 1965 (1), 1966 (5), 1969 (1), 1970 (2), 1971 (2), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1979 (1), 1982 (1), 1983 (4), 1985 (14), 2008 (2), 2010 (5), 2011 (7), 2012 (2), 2015 (4), 2016 (2), 2017 (6), 2018 (4), 2019 (3), 2020 (2), 2021 (3), nr (5)

Months: April (15), May (14), June (32), July (20), August (3), September (1), October (1), nr (5)

Collections (62 records, 91 specimens): ABRC (12), BG (1), CNHM (2), EGCCRC (8), PDBC (2), UKIC (47), WKUC (3), XEUC (10), iNat (6)

Collection methods: Lights (20); Malaise trap (6); sugar trap (3); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (10); wood: Cladrastis kentukea (14), dead Robinia pseudoacacia (1), Pinus (1), log pile (1)

Larval host plants: Acer negundo , Caragana arborescens , Celastrus scandens , Cercis canadensis , Ficus carica , Juglans nigra , Juniperus virginiana , Phoradendron flavescens , Rhus glabra , Robinia pseudoacacia and Vitis arborea ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Chemical lures: (E / Z)-fuscumol acetate, and a blend of fuscumol + acetate as attractants with the addition of ethanol as an enhancer ( Hanks & Millar 2013)

Comments: Attracted to lights and fermenting sugar.