Dicerca pugionata

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Dicerca
Species:	D. pugionata
Binomial name
Dicerca pugionata (Germar, 1824)
Synonyms
Buprestis pugionata Germar, 1824

Dicerca pugionata measure 11–14 mm (0.43–0.55 in) in length.^[3]