Batyle suturalis (Say, 1824)

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 : 11

Batyle suturalis (Say, 1824) ; Trachyderini [new state record]

Distribution: MA to central FL to NV to southern AB. Kentucky collections are from all ecoregions except the Central Appalachians and the two Mississippi ecoregions; Map 020).

Kentucky counties: Bullitt (1), Caldwell (1), Edmonson (2), Fayette (1), Grayson (2), Hardin (1), Henderson (1), Kenton (1), Livingston (2), Lyon (1), Meade (3), Mercer (1), Morgan (1), Oldham (1), Rowan (1), Trigg (2), Whitley (1), nr (1)

Years: 1892 (1), 1919 (2), 1938 (1), 1944 (1), 1945 (10), 1971 (1), 1977 (1), 1984 (1), 1985 (1), 2018 (1), 2020 (1), nr (3)

Months: June (15), July (6), nr (3)

Collections (18 records, 24 specimens): BG (1), UKIC (17), UMRM (5), iNat (1)

Collection methods: Flowers: Solidago (1), daisy (1)

Larval host plants: Carya , Castanea , Celtis , Crataegus , Quercus and Sapindus ( Lingafelter 2007)

Adult flower hosts: Achillea , Chrysanthemum and Daucus ( Bousquet et al. 2017)

Comments: Adults of this diurnal species are most commonly collected from flowers.