Sceloenopla serraticornis

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Sceloenopla serraticornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. serraticornis
Binomial name
Sceloenopla serraticornis
(Fabricius, 1792) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hispa serraticornisFabricius, 1792
  • Cephalodonta serraticornis

Sceloenopla serraticornis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in French Guiana. [2]

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Description

Adults are elongate, subparallel, scarcely broader behind, subdepressed and black. The lower half of the face, two spots on the vertex behind the eyes, a broad submarginal vitta on either side of the thorax, together with its anterior margin, and a short humeral stripe on the elytra, are all fulvous. [3]

Life history

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

References

  1. "Sceloenopla serraticornis". 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 .