Sceloenopla elevata

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Sceloenopla elevata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. elevata
Binomial name
Sceloenopla elevata
(Fabricius, 1801) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hispa elevataFabricius, 1801
  • Cephalodonta elevata

Sceloenopla elevata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. [2]

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Description

Adults are elongate, subdepressed and black. The head (except for the eyes and antennae) and thorax are fulvous, the latter with two broad black vittae on the disc, and a black submarginal stripe on either side. The elytra are broadly dilated behind, unicostate, a humeral patch, and a broad sub-interrupted transverse band across the middle are fulvous. [3]

Life history

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sceloenopla elevata". 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 .
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