Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius, 1792)

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 : 10-11

Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius, 1792) ; Elaphidiini “twig pruner” [new state record]

Taxonomic note: Anelaphus parallelus was recently synonymized under A. villosus (Lingafelter 2020) .

Distribution: NB to central FL to AZ to southern MN. Kentucky records are nearly statewide (Map 009).

Kentucky counties: Barren (3), Bullitt (4), Caldwell (1), Campbell (4), Daviess (1), Fayette (11), Grayson (2), Harlan (3), Hart (1), Henry (1), Hopkins (3), Jefferson (24), Jessamine (1), Letcher (1), Madison (54), McCracken (1), Meade (2), Monroe (2), Morgan (1), Muhlenberg (2), Oldham (2), Powell (5), Pulaski (1), Robertson (1), Rowan (24), Shelby (1), Trigg (1), Warren (6), nr (1)

Years: 1894 (1), 1939 (1), 1941 (2), 1942 (1), 1946 (1), 1947 (3), 1948 (1), 1954 (2), 1956 (12), 1957 (2), 1960 (2), 1961 (1), 1962 (1), 1963 (1), 1964 (1), 1966 (3), 1967 (1), 1968 (3), 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1979 (4), 1980 (2), 1981 (11), 1982 (1), 1983 (9), 1984 (2), 1985 (3), 1986 (2), 1988 (1), 1991 (2), 1993 (1), 1995 (1), 2001 (1), 2005 (2), 2009 (3), 2010 (5), 2011 (3), 2012 (2), 2013 (39), 2014 (3), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (4), 2018 (3), 2019 (3), 2020 (2), 2021 (9), nr (1)

Months: March (3), April (27), May (62), June (40), July (27), August (1), October (2), nr (2)

Collections (124 records, 164 specimens): ABRC (45), AMBC (4), BG (3), CMNH (4), CNHM (1), EGCCRC (10), FlorC (2), PDBC (1), UKIC (70), UKPRC (1), WKUC (8), XEUC (4), iNat (10), iNat/BG (1)

Collection methods: Light (28); Malaise trap (43); sugar trap (2); panel traps baited with: Ray lab blend (4), C6 ketols (1), fuscumol (1)

Larval host plants: Acer spp. , Abies , Amelanchier arborea , Betula , Carpinus caroliniana , Carya glabra , Castanea dentata , Celastrus scandens , Celtis , Cercis canadensis , Citrus sinensis , Cladrastis lutea , Diospyros virginiana , Gleditschia triacanthos , Hamamelis virginiana , Juglans nigra , Maclura spp. , Malus , Nyssa sylvatica , Pinus contorta , Platanus occidentalis , Prunus , Quercus spp. , Rhus radicans , Sassafras albidum , Tilia americana , Tsuga canadensis , Ulmus , Vitis and Wisteria ( Monné & Nearns 2022c)

Chemical lures: Ethanol ( Montgomery & Wargo 1983), R*R*- diol ( Hanks & Millar 2013) and a blend of 3- hydroxyoctan-2-one + syn -2,3-hexanediol + ethanol ( Miller et al. 2022)

Comments: Lights and Malaise traps accounted for most specimens of this commonly collected species.