Dicerca pugionata
| Dicerca pugionata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Dicerca |
| Species: | D. pugionata |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicerca pugionata (Germar, 1824) | |
Dicerca pugionata is a species of buprestid beetle from the Chrysochroinae subfamily that occurs in the Eastern North America.[1] Its food includes witch-hazel species including Hamamelis virginiana in mid July.[2] It also feeds on ninebark and alder species.[3]
References
- ↑ Solomon, J.D. (1995). Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs (PDF). Washington, D.C.: USDA Forest Service. p. 279.
- ↑ Henry Skinner (1919). "Entomological News". 30-31.
- ↑ G. H. Nelson (1975). "A revision of the genus Dicerca in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)" (PDF). Ent. Arb. Mus. (Kansas City): 88.
External links
Further reading
- Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706. 735 pp.
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