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]
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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. lugubris
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| Dicerca lugubris LeConte, 1860
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References
edit- ^ Nelson, G. H. (1975). "A revision of the genus Dicerca in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 26: 110–112.
- ^ "Species Page - Dicerca lugubris". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
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