Leptostylus transversus

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 : 42-43

Leptostylus transversus (Gyllenhal in Schoenherr, 1817); Acanthocinini

Distribution: Southern ON to south FL to AZ to MN to SD. Kentucky collections of this commonly collected species are statewide (Map 088).

Kentucky counties: Barren (1), Boone (1), Boyle (1), Breathitt (1), Bullitt (1), Calloway (1), Campbell (12), Clark (1), Daviess (1), Edmonson (1), Fayette (18), Green (1), Henderson (4), Hopkins (1), Jefferson (2), Jessamine (7), Lincoln (1), Madison (10), McCracken (1), McCreary (1), Meade (1), Muhlenberg (1), Powell (2), Rowan (1), Scott (1), Trigg (1), Trimble (1), Warren (1)

Years: 1893 (1), 1939 (1), 1941 (4), 1943 (1), 1946 (1), 1947 (2), 1948 (2), 1951 (1), 1979 (1), 1980 (1), 1981 (1), 1987 (2), 1989 (1), 1995 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2010 (3), 2012 (6), 2013 (4), 2015 (2), 2016 (9), 2017 (12), 2018 (7), 2019 (3), 2020 (2), 2021 (6)

Months: March (2), April (17), May (25), June (17), July (4), August (4), September (1), October (6)

Collections (65 records, 76 specimens): ABRC (11), AMBC (1), CAS (4), CMNH (1), EGCCRC (15), FlorC (1), PDBC (1), UKIC (16), WKUC (1), XEUC (12), iNat (12), iNat/BG (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (20); Light (8); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (12), C6 & α-pinene (1), α-pinene (1)

Larval host plants: Acer rubrum , Aesculus spp. , Amelanchier arborea , Bursera simaruba , Carpinus caroliniana , Carya spp . Cercis canadensis , Cornus florida , Diospyros virginiana , Juglans nigra , Juniperus virginiana , Liquidambar styraciflua , Liriodendron tulipifera , Maclura pomifera , Mastichodendron foetidissimum , Metopium toxiferum , Pinus spp. , Platanus occidentalis , Prosopis juliflora , Quercus spp. , Rhizophora mangle , Rhus spp. , Sesbania drummondii , Tilia americana and Zanthoxylum fagara ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)

Chemical lures: (E ⁄ Z)-fuscumol ( Mitchell et al. 2011)—a component of the Ray lab lure blend, and (S)- sulcatol ( Meier et al. 2019)

Comments: Attracted to lights. Adults can be collected at the base of their host trees during the day, mostly on the shady side ( Bousquet et al. 2017).