Obrium maculatum (Olivier, 1800)

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 : 23

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CD98B371-D713-457E-A2D4-504F5AB0CAC5

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E6F5F56-FFBD-FFA0-CCCF-FD74FB9331D0

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Plazi

scientific name

Obrium maculatum (Olivier, 1800)
status

 

Obrium maculatum (Olivier, 1800) View in CoL View at ENA ; Obriini [new state record]

Distribution: MA to south FL west TX to IA, extending south through MX to Costa Rica. Kentucky specimens were collected from the central half of the state (Map 128).

Kentucky counties: Campbell (2), Daviess (1), Fayette (3), Jessamine (1), Laurel (1), Madison (2), Muhlenberg (2), Powell (1), Rowan (1), Warren (2)

Years: 1967 (2), 1974 (1), 1983 (1), 2012 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (2), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2020 (2), 2021 (1)

Months: May (1), June (8), July (7)

Collections (14 records, 16 specimens): ABRC (1), BG (1), EGCCRC (3), PDBC (1), UKIC (3), WKUC (1), XEUC (1), iNat (4), iNat/BG (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (3); light (4); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (1)

Larval host plants: Acacia cochliacantha , Albizia occidentalis , Amelanchier arborea , Betula nigra , Carya spp ., Castanea pumila , Celtis spp. , Cercis canadensis , Citrus sinensis , Crataegus viridis , Ficus , Fraxinus , Gleditschia triacanthos , Jatropha spathulate , Leucaena pulverulenta , Morus spp. , Prunus serotina , Quercus spp. , Robinia pseudoacacia , Salix nigra , Sapindus saponaria and Vachellia farnesiana ( Monné & Nearns 2022c)

Chemical lures: fuscumol + acetate ( Hanks & Millar 2013)

Comments: Attracted to lights. Beating dead host branches can also be effective.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Obrium

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