Dicerca pugionata

Dicerca pugionata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Dicerca
Species:
D. pugionata
Binomial name
Dicerca pugionata
(Germar, 1824)
Synonyms

Buprestis pugionata Germar, 1824

Dicerca pugionata, also known as the witch-hazel borer, is a species of buprestid beetle from the Chrysochroinae subfamily that occurs in the Eastern North America.[1][2][3] Its food includes witch-hazel species including Hamamelis virginiana in mid July.[4] It also feeds on ninebark and alder species.[5]

Dicerca pugionata measure 11–14 mm (0.43–0.55 in) in length.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Species Dicerca pugionata - Witch-hazel Borer". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Dicerca pugionata (Germar, 1824)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Solomon, J.D. (1995). Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs (PDF). Washington, D.C.: USDA Forest Service. p. 279.
  4. ^ Knull, Josef N. (1920). "Notes on Buprestidae with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera)". Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 31: 4–12.
  5. ^ Nelson, G. H. (1975). "A revision of the genus Dicerca in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 26: 87–180.

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