Sceloenopla javeti

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

Sceloenopla javeti is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz).[2][3]

Description

Adults are broadly elongate, rather broader towards the apex and shining black beneath, but fulvous above. The antennae, a patch on the vertex, the extreme lateral margin, and a broad vitta down the centre of the thorax, the scutellum, a short sutural stripe, and the apex of the elytra, are all black.[4]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sceloenopla javeti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  2. ^ Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
  3. ^ 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 21, 2025.
  4. ^ Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.