Sceloenopla gratiosa

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

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

Description

Adults are elongate, subparallel, subdepressed above and pale fulvous. The scutellum is black and there are three blackish-aeneous vittae on the thorax. The elytra are bright metallic green, but a sutural line in front, the lateral border, a broad vitta on the disc, a flexuous near its apex, extending from the base (where it is confluent with the sutural line) nearly the whole length of the elytra, and an apical patch, are pale fulvous.[3]

Life history

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

References

  1. ^ "Sceloenopla gratiosa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  2. ^ a b 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.