Strophiona nitens (Forster, 1771)

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 : 67

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-FFE9-FFF4-CCCF-FAA4FE463264

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scientific name

Strophiona nitens (Forster, 1771)
status

 

Strophiona nitens (Forster, 1771) View in CoL View at ENA ; Lepturini

Distribution: NS to the FL panhandle to western AR to southern MB. Kentucky specimens are from the eastern half of the state ( Interior Plateau and Western Allegheny Plateau; Map 186).

Kentucky counties: Fayette (1), Madison (11), Pulaski (1), Rowan (3)

Years: 1948 (1), 1985 (3), 2013 (8), 2015 (1), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2019 (1)

Months: May (4), June (12)

Collections (15 records, 16 specimens): ABRC (8), EGCCRC (1), PDBC (2), UKIC (4), iNat (1)

Collection methods: Malaise trap (8); sugar trap (1), Flowers: Viburnum (2), Aruncus (1); panel trap baited with α-pinene (1)

Larval host plants: Carya , Castanea , Fagus , Juglans and Quercus ( Chemsak 2005) and Acer ( Lingafelter 2007)

Adult flower hosts: Actinidia , Aruncus , Ceanothus , Cornus and Hydrangea ( Chemsak 2005) and Tragopogon ( Lingafelter 2007)

Comments: A diurnal species most often collected from flowers. Also attracted to fermenting sugar and occasionally to lights.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Strophiona

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