Dicerca pugionata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Buprestidae |
Genus: | Dicerca |
Species: | D. pugionata
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Binomial name | |
Dicerca pugionata (
Germar, 1824)
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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]
Dicerca pugionata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Buprestidae |
Genus: | Dicerca |
Species: | D. pugionata
|
Binomial name | |
Dicerca pugionata (
Germar, 1824)
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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]