Dicerca pugionata
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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.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ G. H. Nelson (1975). "A revision of the genus Dicerca in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)" (PDF). Ent. Arb. Mus. Kansas City: 88.
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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.