Knulliana cincta (Drury, 1773)

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 : 18

Knulliana cincta (Drury, 1773) ; Bothriospilini “banded hickory borer”

Distribution: CT to south FL to southern AZ and adjacent Mexico to CO, with a disjunct record from near San Francisco, CA. This species has been collected statewide in Kentucky although records are sparse in the eastern ecoregions (Map 085).

Kentucky counties: Allen (1), Barren (4), Boyle (1), Bullitt (2), Caldwell (2), Calloway (1), Carlisle (1), Christian (2), Daviess (2), Estill (1), Fayette (3), Graves (1), Hardin (2), Hopkins (1), Jefferson (9), LaRue (1), Logan (1), Madison (7), Magoffin (1), McCracken (1), Metcalfe (1), Muhlenberg (1), Nelson (2), Ohio (1), Scott (1), Shelby (1), Simpson (1), Spencer (1), Taylor (2), Warren (8), Wayne (1), nr (1)

Years: 1938 (1), 1939 (2), 1940 (1), 1941 (3), 1942 (1), 1948 (3), 1949 (2), 1951 (2), 1952 (1), 1954 (1), 1956 (1), 1957 (1), 1962 (2), 1963 (1), 1965 (2), 1966 (2), 1967 (2), 1968 (4), 1971 (1), 1974 (1), 1976 (1), 1979 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2007 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (1), 2013 (1), 2016 (3), 2017 (7), 2018 (3), 2019 (2), 2020 (2), 2021 (5), nr (1)

Months: February (1), April (33), May (17), June (2), July (2), August (1), September (5), October (1), December (1), nr (2)

Collections (61 records, 65 specimens): ABRC (2), AMBC (3), BG (3), CMNH (2), EGCCRC (3), PDBC (2), UKIC (25), WKUC (13), iNat (12)

Collection methods: Blacklight (4); reared from Carya (2); panel trap baited with: C6 diols + C6 ketols + fuscumol (3), C6 ketols (1)

Larval host plants: Carya spp ., Castanea , Celtis , Citrus , Juglans , Leueaena pulverulenta , Malus , Prosopis glandulosa , Prunus , Pyrus , Quercus , Salix , Sapindus drummondii and Ulmus crassifolia ( Linsley & Chemsak 1997)

Chemical lures: Ethanol ( Millar et al. 2017); ethanol + 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one + anti -2,3-hexanediol (D. R. Miller et al. 2022)

Comments: This is a spring species in Kentucky with most specimens being collected in April and May. Attracted to lights.