Oberea affinis Dejean, 1835

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 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1
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scientific name	Oberea affinis Dejean, 1835
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Oberea affinis Dejean, 1835 View in CoL View at ENA ; Saperdini [new state record]

Distribution: NB to AB to eastern TX to eastern KS to MI. Kentucky records are from the north-central part of the state ( Interior Plateau ; Map 119).

Kentucky counties: Fayette (3), Grant (1), Jessamine (2)

Years: 1995 (1), 2012 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (2)

Months: May (2), June (4)

Collections (5 records, 6 specimens): ABRC (1), EGCCRC (2), OSUC (1), PDBC (2)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (5)

Larval host plants: Ratibida pinnata ( Monné & Nearns 2022d) and Rubus ( Lingafelter 2007) .

Comments: Diurnal—usually found on their blackberry and raspberry hosts during the day ( Bousquet et al. 2017).