Smodicum cucujiforme (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 : 28

Smodicum cucujiforme (Say, 1826) ; Smodicini

Distribution: PA to FL to northern MX (Coahuila) to NE. Kentucky collections are statewide (Map 171).

Kentucky counties: Barren (1), Bell (1), Breathitt (2), Calloway (2), Christian (1), Daviess (10), Fayette (13), Hopkins (1), Madison (6), Marion (1), Menifee (3), Powell (1), Pulaski (1), Rowan (8), Shelby (1), Warren (6)

Years: 1901 (1), 1928 (3), 1937 (1), 1946 (1), 1959 (10), 1961 (3), 1962 (3), 1963 (1), 1966 (1), 1967 (1), 1968 (3), 1971 (3), 1972 (1), 1975 (1), 1982 (6), 1983 (2), 1998 (1), 2008 (1), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (2), 2015 (2), 2017 (2), 2020 (3), 2021 (1), nr (1)

Months: January (2), May (11), June (14), July (24), September (1), November (2), December (3), nr (1)

Collections (43 records, 58 specimens): ABRC (3), BG (2), EGCCRC (5), NMSU (3), PDBC (1), UKIC (34), WKUC (7), iNat (2), nr (1)

Collection methods: Light (22); under bark of Morus alba (1); reared from: house timber (10), Quercus flooring (2)

Larval host plants: Acer saccharinum , Carya spp ., Celtis laevigata , Robinia pseudoacacia , Fagus ferruginea , Populus , Quercus spp. , Salix and Ulmus rubra ( Monné & Nearns 2022c)

Comments: Attracted to lights, and can infest stored lumber, often emerging well after the wood is in use.