Atimia confusa (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 : 74-75

Atimia confusa (Say, 1826) ; Atimiini

Distribution: NB to northern FL to south TX to CO. Kentucky specimens are from the north central part of the state ( Interior Plateau ; Map 019).

Kentucky counties: Fayette (3), Hardin (2)

Years: 1939 (1), 1946 (2), 1968 (2)

Months: April (3), October (2)

Collections (3 records, 5 specimens): EGCCRC (1), UKIC (3), WKUC (1)

Collection methods: nr

Larval host plants: Apparently restricted to Cupressaceae ( Chamaecyparis , Cupressus , Juniperus , Thuja ) ( Bousquet et al. 2017)

Comments: Attracted to lights. Unbaited Lindgren funnel traps ( Webster et al. 2016) and beating recently dead host tree branches ( Bousquet et al. 2017) are effective collecting methods.