Sceloenopla sheppardi

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Sceloenopla sheppardi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sceloenopla
Species:
S. sheppardi
Binomial name
Sceloenopla sheppardi
(Baly, 1858) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cephalodonta sheppardiBaly, 1858
  • Cephalodonta bryantiBondar, 1937

Sceloenopla sheppardi is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil (Bahia). [2]

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Description

Adults are broadly elongate, slightly dilated behind, subdepressed and rufo-fulvous. The elytra have the posterior angles produced obliquely outwards and slightly backwards into a flattened, slightly curved, acute spine. The elytra are bright metallic green in front, pale rufo-fuscous with a metallic reflexion behind. Each elytron has seven large, badly-defined fulvous spots. [3]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Cecropia peltata and Persea gratissima . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Sceloenopla sheppardi". 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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