Hebestola pullata (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 : 41

Hebestola pullata (Haldeman, 1847) ; Forsteriini [new state record]

Taxonomic note: This species was known as H. nebulosa Haldeman until it was synonymized under the current name (see Bousquet et al. 2017 for a discussion of the taxonomic history of this species). It is under the name H. nebulosa in identification guides published before 2017.

Distribution: Southern PQ to northern FL to LA to MO. The lone Kentucky record of this uncommonly collected species was collected in 2021 from just south of Cincinnati, OH ( Interior Plateau ; Map 075).

Kentucky counties: Campbell (2)

Years: 2021 (2)

Months: June (2)

Collections (1 record, 2 specimens): XEUC (2)

Collection methods: panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (2)

Larval host plants: Amelanchier canadensis , Castanea and Quercus ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Comments: Attracted to lights; however, MV lights may work better than blacklights ( Bousquet et al. 2017).