Dicerca obscura

Dicerca obscura is a species of brownish-black coloured beetle from Chrysochroinae subfamily which is found in central and eastern USA and Canada, where it feeds on various persimmon species (including Diospyros virginiana) and staghorn sumac.[1]

Dicerca obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Buprestidae
Genus:
Dicerca
Species:
D. obscura
Binomial name
Dicerca obscura
(Fabricius, 1781)

References
  1. Henry Skinner (1919). "Entomological News". 30–31. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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