Dicerca lurida (Fabricius, 1775)

Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2), pp. 351-367 : 354

20. Dicerca lurida (Fabricius, 1775)

Parish records (n = 304): Avoyelles, Caddo, Concordia, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Livingston, Madison, Natchitoches, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tensas, Webster, and Winn Parishes (LSAM, TAMU, USNM).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Carpinus caroliniana Walt. , Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch , Carya glabra , Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don, Prunus caroliniana (Mill.) Ait. , Salix exigua Nutt. , and Tilia americana . Adults reported also on Carya ovata , Quercus alba , Quercus falcata , and Quercus velutina .

Collection date range: 20 January–11 November, mostly in May (n = 96) and June (n = 99), five reared specimens emerged in June and September.

Comments: Collected by hand, using canopy Malaise and Malaise traps, reared from ‘dead hickory limbs’ and ‘miscellaneous dead limbs’, and as C. fumipennis prey.