Dorcaschema nigrum (Say, 1826)

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 : 36

Dorcaschema nigrum (Say, 1826) ; Dorcaschematini [new state record]

Distribution: NJ to northern GA to eastern OK and KS. The single Kentucky record was collected in the Western Allegheny Plateau (Map 043).

Kentucky counties: Rowan (2)

Years: 1986 (2)

Months: May (2)

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

Collection methods: Rhus radicans foliage (2)

Larval host plants: Carya spp . and Aesculus glabra ( Lingafelter 2007)

Comments: The lone Kentucky record was collected from Rhus radicans foliage, which is not a published larval host. Adults are often collected from Carya leaves ( Bousquet et al. 2017).