Stenocorus cinnamopterus (Randall, 1838)

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 : 65

Stenocorus cinnamopterus (Randall, 1838) ; Rhagiini

Distribution: MA to GA to eastern TX to western IA. Kentucky collections nearly statewide (no specimens from the western fifth; Map 174).

Kentucky counties: Barren (3), Bell (1), Breckinridge (1), Bullitt (12), Fayette (7), Franklin (5), Grayson (1), Henry (1), Hopkins (1), Jefferson (4), Letcher (1), Madison (35), Muhlenberg (2), Powell (6), Rowan (1), Warren (2), Whitley (1)

Years: 1950 (1), 1966 (12), 1968 (3), 1974 (1), 1979 (2), 1981 (2), 1984 (2), 1988 (1), 1993 (1), 1994 (1), 1997 (1), 2001 (5), 2003 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (25), 2012 (5), 2013 (4), 2014 (1), 2015 (2), 2017 (4), 2018 (2), 2020 (6), 2021 (1)

Months: April (9), May (65), June (9), July (1)

Collections (41 records, 84 specimens): ABRC (12), AMBC (4), BG (1), CMNH (2), EGCCRC (10), FlorC (2), JMLC (14), PDBC (2), UKIC (24), UMRM (5), WKUC (2), iNat (6)

Collection methods: Light (30); Malaise trap (6); flowers (2)

Larval host plants: Unknown

Adult flower hosts: Euonymus , Hydrangea , and Prunus ( Chemsak 2005)

Comments: A spring species in Kentucky. Attracted to lights where multiple individuals are often collected.