Dectes texanus LeConte, 1862
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1 |
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Dectes texanus LeConte, 1862 |
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Dectes texanus LeConte, 1862 View in CoL View at ENA ; Acanthocinini “dectes stem borer”
Distribution: MA to FL to southern AZ to CO, with records extending south to Pueblo, MX. Kentucky collections are statewide (Map 039).
Kentucky counties: Bullitt (2), Carlisle (10), Carroll (1), Christian (1), Daviess (1), Fayette (38), Fulton (9), Henderson (1), Jefferson (5), Jessamine (2), Letcher (1), Meade (4), Mercer (1), Morgan (1), Warren (3)
Years: 1889 (2), 1892 (1), 1894 (5), 1913 (6), 1937 (21), 1946 (1), 1965 (3), 1971 (2), 1974 (2), 1976 (1), 1981 (4), 1982 (2), 1999 (2), 2009 (1), 2010 (18), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (2), 2019 (1), nr (4)
Months: May (1), June (1), July (31), August (45), September (1), nr (1)
Collections (38 records, 80 specimens): ABRC (5), BG (2), CUIC (1), EGCCRC (13), INHSIC (2), PDBC (2), UKIC (52), UMSP (1), WKUC (1), iNat (1)
Collection methods: Malaise trap (3); sweeping soybean ( Glycine max ; 13); Flowers: Aruncus (1), Asclepias tuberosa (1)
Larval host plants: Abutilon , Ambrosia spp. , Anoda lavaterioides , Baccharis , Baileya pleniradiata , Cucurbita foetidissima , Gaillardia , Glycine max , Gossypium thurberi , Haplopappus , Helenium , Helianthus annuus , Heterotheca lamarckii , Hymenoclea monogyra , Kallstroemia grandiflora, Lepidium , Parthenium , Physalis , Solanum obtusifolium , Solidago canadensis , Sphaeralcea ambigua , Verbesina encelioides , Xanthium pennsylvanicum and Zaluzania ( Monné & Nearns 2022d)
Comments: Most Kentucky specimens with known collecting methods were taken in soybean (see comments for D. sayi ); can be collected in series by sweeping soybean ( Glycine max ).
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