Sceloenopla apicispina

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Sceloenopla apicispina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. apicispina
Binomial name
Sceloenopla apicispina
Staines, 2002 [1]

Sceloenopla apicispina is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica. [1]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.7-7.9 mm. They are brownish-yellow, the elytra with the humeral and exterior apical angles margined with black, and the lateral margins with black aeneous vitta. [2]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species. [1]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin apici (meaning small) and spina (meaning spine) and refers to the small spine in the exterior apical angles of the elytra. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Sceloenoplini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Staines, C.L. (2002). "Nomenclatural notes and new species of Sceloenoplini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Zootaxa. 89. Magnolia Press: 1–32. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
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