Sceloenopla javeti

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

Sceloenopla javeti is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults are broadly elongate, rather broader towards the apex and shining black beneath, but fulvous above. The antennae, a patch on the vertex, the extreme lateral margin, and a broad vitta down the centre of the thorax, the scutellum, a short sutural stripe, and the apex of the elytra, are all black. [4]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Sceloenopla javeti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  2. ↑ Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
  3. 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 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ 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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