Sceloenopla obsoleta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Sceloenopla |
| Species: | S. obsoleta
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| Sceloenopla obsoleta | |
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Sceloenopla obsoleta is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Peru.[2]
Description
Adults are elongate, scarcely broader behind and pale fulvous, with the posterior angles of the elytra produced into a large, flattened, acute spine. The eyes and antennae are black, with the five terminal joints of the latter rufo-fuseous. The elytra are pale rufo-violaceous with a faint metallic reflexion, the posterior spine and a short vitta on the shoulders black. Each elytron has four large ill-defined pale fulvous patches covering nearly the whole of the surface.[3]
Life history
No host plant has been documented for this species.[2]
References
- ^ "Sceloenopla obsoleta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.