Sceloenopla deyrollei

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Sceloenopla deyrollei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. deyrollei
Binomial name
Sceloenopla deyrollei
(Baly, 1858) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cephalodonta deyrolleiBaly, 1858

Sceloenopla deyrollei is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in South America. [2]

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Description

Aduts are very similar in shape and sculpturing to Sceloenopla serraticornis . They are black and subopaque. The apex of the antennae, a broad marginal stripe on the elytra, extending from the base to beyond their middle, and the thorax, are all fulvous, the latter with the lateral border and an oblong patch in the middle of the disc, confluent with the basal margin, black. [3]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species. [2]

References

  1. "Sceloenopla deyrollei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  2. 1 2 Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Sceloenoplini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  3. Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .