Dicerca lugubris

(Dicerca lugubris)

Description

Dicerca lugubris is a species of beetle from Chrysochroinae subfamily. It is dark-cupreous coloured on top and black-cupreous below. The length of the species may vary from 11.1–16.5 millimetres (0.44–0.65 in) while they can be as wide as 4.1–6.0 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). The species can be found on Lake Superior, Marquette, Michigan as well as Laniel, Quebec. It is also found in Iowa, Alberta, and Southeastern North America where it feeds on jack pine.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Buprestidae
Genus:Dicerca
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