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Species Dicerca pugionata - Witch-hazel Borer

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Chrysochroinae
Tribe Dicercini
Subtribe Dicercina
Genus Dicerca
Species pugionata (Witch-hazel Borer)
Explanation of Names
Dicerca pugionata (Germar 1824)
Size
11-15 mm(1)
Identification
pronotum widest posteriorly; elytra very dark or black with pale whitish spots arranged in several longitudinal rows; tip of elytra bidentate (i.e. with two teeth) - not rounded or truncate [a useful characteristic]
Range
ne. US (MA-MI to GA) + ON(1)
Food
hosts: witch-hazel (favored), ninebark(1)
Works Cited
1.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 1 July, 2005 - 6:00am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 6 April, 2012 - 4:36am

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