Dicerca lugubris

Dicerca lugubris is a species of beetle from the subfamily Chrysochroinae first described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1860. 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.^[1] It is also found in Iowa, Alberta, and southeastern North America where it feeds on jack pine.^[2]

Dicerca lugubris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Dicerca
Species:	D. lugubris
Binomial name
Dicerca lugubris LeConte, 1860
Synonyms
Dicrrca austera Casey, 1909