Elytrimitatrix undata (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 31-32

Elytrimitatrix undata (Fabricius, 1775) ; Disteniini [new state record]

Taxonomic note: This species is in the genus Distenia in recent identification manuals (e.g., Lingafelter 2007; Yanega 1996), but was moved to its current genus by Santos-Silva and Hovore (2007).

Distribution: NY to central FL to central TX to eastern NE. Most Kentucky records are from the eastern two thirds of the state (Map 049).

Kentucky counties: Adair (1), Barren (1), Bell (1), Bullitt (2), Campbell (8), Fayette (7), Hardin (1), Jefferson (4), Jessamine (3), Letcher (2), Madison (19), Meade (1), Monroe (1), Spencer (1), Trigg (3), Warren (3), Wayne (2)

Years: 1892 (1), 1952 (2), 1964 (1), 1965 (3), 1967 (1), 1970 (3), 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1979 (1), 1982 (1), 1990 (1), 1994 (2), 2005 (1), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (4), 2013 (11), 2014 (1), 2015 (6), 2016 (4), 2017 (2), 2018 (7), 2021 (1)

Months: May (1), June (5), July (37), August (12), September (3), October (1), nr (1)

Collections (48 records, 60 specimens): ABRC (17), AMBC (2), BG (2), EGCCRC (9), PDBC (2), UKIC (15), WKUC (5), XEUC (8)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (22); light (6); sugar trap (1); panel trap baited with: Ray lab blend (7), spondylidine lure (2), trichoferone (1), α- & β-pinene (1)

Larval host plants: Mines between the bark and wood of dead and dying roots of a variety of hardwoods including Carya , Cercis canadensis and Ulmus ( Craighead 1923) and Pinus ( Lingafelter 2007)

Comments: A summer species with most records from July and August. Attracted to lights and fermenting sugar.

LAMIINAE