Sceloenopla proxima

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Sceloenopla proxima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. proxima
Binomial name
Sceloenopla proxima
(Baly, 1885) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cephalodonta proximaBaly, 1885
  • Sceloenopla (Microdonta) testaceipennisPic, 1929
  • Sceloenopla testaceipennis

Sceloenopla proxima is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. [2]

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Description

The head sculptured as in Sceloenopla erudita . The antennae are three fourths the length of the body, with the two lower joints short and equal, the third to the seventh compressed and dilated, perfoliate, the third longer than the preceding two united, the fourth and fifth each shorter than the third and equal. The thorax is rather longer than broad, the sides slightly converging from the base to the apex, bisinuate and distinctly angulate. The upper surface is closely rugose-punctate, obsoletely torulose on the sides and apex. The elytra are as in S. erudita. [3]

Life history

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

References

  1. "Sceloenopla proxima". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  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 21, 2025.
  3. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .