Sceloenopla tarsata

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

Sceloenopla tarsata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Colombia. [2]

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Description

Adults are somewhat wedge-shaped, subdepressed and pale fulvous above, beneath shining black. The antennae are black and the eyes piceous. The head, thorax, thighs and tibiae are fulvous. [3]

Life history

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sceloenopla tarsata". 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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