Enoclerus lunatus (Klug, 1842)

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 40

Enoclerus lunatus (Klug, 1842) ; Cleridae : Clerinae : Clerini

Illustrations: Plate 2-D. Enoclerus key, couplet 7-A, B

Distribution: NY to KS to south TX to FL.

- Recorded from: AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, KS, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TX and VA ( Wolcott 1909, 1910 b, 1947; Papp 1960; Barr 1975; Peck & Thomas 1998; BugGuide).

- New State Records: KENTUCKY: Calloway County, Kirksey , 8-VI-1966, B. L. Monroe ( UKIC, 1) ; MISSISSIPPI: Leake County: near Ludlow , 4-VII-1964, R . C. Graves ( CMNH, 1); Ludlow , 24-VI-1970, R . & A. 1970 ( CMNH, 2); Marshall County: Cayce Rd. , 8-10-71, Hal Scott ( UGCA, 1) .

Kentucky counties (Map 10): Calloway (1). The single Kentucky specimen was collected in the Mississippi Valley Loess Plains ecoregion in far western KY .

Years: 1966 (1)

Months: June (1)

Collections (1): UKIC (1)

Natural History: Bøving & Champlain (1920) reported this species being found feeding on an infestation of Scolytus rugulosus (Muller) in peach trees ( Prunus ) in GA. Leavengood (2008b) reported the following plant associations from label data: reared from pigeon plum ( Coccoloba diversifolia ) and poisonwood ( Metopium toxiferum ); collected from flowers of bitter orange ( Citrus aurantium ), butterfly bush ( Senna (as Cassia ) bicapsularis), chestnut ( Castanea alnifolia), littleleaf buckbrush ( Ceanothus microphyllus ), Ocimum campechianum (as O. micranthum ), partridge pea ( Cassia fasciculata ), and southern live oak ( Quercus virginiana ).