Sceloenopla pulcherrima
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| Sceloenopla pulcherrima | |
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| File:Sceloenopla pulcherrima - inat 350052566.jpg | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Sceloenopla |
| Species: | S. pulcherrima
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| Sceloenopla pulcherrima | |
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Sceloenopla pulcherrima is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults are broadly elongate, slightly diluted behind, subdepressed and pale rufo-fulvous. The elytra have their posterior angles produced almost directly outwards into a flattened, slightly curved, acute black spine. The elytra are bright metallic green, stained with fuscous behind, and elytron each with eight pale yellowish-white spots.[3]
Life history
[edit | edit source]The recorded host plants for this species are Rutaceae species.[2]
References
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