Brachyleptura rubrica (Say, 1824)

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 : 58

Brachyleptura rubrica (Say, 1824) ; Lepturini [new state record]

Distribution: NB to central FL to eastern KS to MN. Most Kentucky collections are from the eastern half of the state (Map 024).

Kentucky counties: Bullitt (1), Campbell (1), Fayette (1), Grayson (2), Harlan (2), Laurel (1), Lewis (6), Madison (4), Morgan (1), Powell (2), Rowan (13), Wolfe (1)

Years: 1945 (3), 1964 (1), 1982 (3), 1984 (12), 1985 (5), 1999 (1), 2009 (2), 2011 (1), 2013 (1), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (3), 2019 (1)

Months: May (2), June (31), July (2)

Collections (25 records, 35 specimens): ABRC (1), BG (1), CNC (1), EGCCRC (5), PDBC (2), UKIC (23), XEUC (1), iNat (1)

Collection methods: Flowers: Viburnum (12), Castanea (3), Aruncus (2), unspecified (2); Malaise trap (2), light trap (1)

Larval host plants: Acer rubrum , Betula , Carpinus caroliniana , Carya , Castanea , Fagus ferruginea , Liriodendron tulipifera , Nyssa sylvatica , Ostrya virginiana , Platanus occidentalis , Prunus and Quercus montana ( Monné & Nearns 2022b)

Adult flower hosts: Ceanothus , Daucus , Rhus , Sambucus , and Spiraea ( Bousquet et al. 2017) and Achillea , Hydrangea arborescens , Sambucus nigra canadensis and Tragopogon ( Lingafelter 2007)

Comments: Adults are diurnal and often found on flowers.