Xenochalepus deyrollei

Xenochalepus deyrollei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Xenochalepus
Species:	X. deyrollei
Binomial name
Xenochalepus deyrollei (Chapuis, 1877) [1]
Synonyms
Odontota deyrolleiChapuis, 1877 Chalepus deyrollei

Xenochalepus deyrollei is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico (Guerrero, Puebla, Veracruz). ^[2]

Description

The vertex is trisulcate, the interocular space strongly produced and the antennae are filiform. The thorax is transverse and conic, the sides converging from the base to the apex, bisinuate, subcylindrical, transversely excavated on the hinder disc, torulose on either side behind the middle, coarsely rugose-punctate, the excavated surface nearly free from punctures. The elytra are subparallel and slightly dilated towards the apex, the latter conjointly and regularly rounded, the lateral margin serrulate, the apical border rather strongly dentate, subnitidous. Each elytron has ten, at the extreme base with eleven, rows of punctures, their interstices thickened, elevate-reticulate, the second interspace strongly, the eighth moderately, and the fourth and sixth, together with the suture, obsoletely costate. ^[3]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. ^[4]

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
3. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.