Sceloenopla laeta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Sceloenopla |
| Species: | S. laeta
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Sceloenopla laeta is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in French Guiana.[2]
Description
Adults are elongate, parallel, subdepressed along the back, and bright blackish-fulvous. The antennae are slender, subincrassate towards the apex and pitchy. The elytra are bright metallic green, the suture in front, an elongate marginal patch behind the middle, and a broad vitta on the disc, which is dilated at its apex, bright rufo-fulvous.[3]
Life history
No host plant has been documented for this species.[2]
References
- ^ "Sceloenopla laeta". 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.