Sceloenopla scherzeri

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Sceloenopla scherzeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. scherzeri
Binomial name
Sceloenopla scherzeri
(Baly, 1858) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cephalodonta scherzeriBaly, 1858
  • Sceloenopla (Microdonta) biolleyiPic, 1929
  • Sceloenopla scherzeri tertiariaUhmann, 1961

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

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Description

Adults are elongate, subdepressed, dilated towards the apex and pale opaque fulvous. The antennae, eyes, a central vitta, and the extreme lateral border of the thorax, the scutellum, and a short longitudinal stripe at the base of the elytra, just within their outer border, are all black. [3]

Life history

The recorded host plant for this species is Davilla nitida . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Sceloenopla scherzeri". 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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