Sceloenopla scherzeri

Sceloenopla scherzeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Sceloenopla
Species:	S. scherzeri
Binomial name
	Sceloenopla scherzeri; (Baly, 1858)
Synonyms
	Cephalodonta scherzeri Baly, 1858; Sceloenopla (Microdonta) biolleyi Pic, 1929; Sceloenopla scherzeri tertiaria Uhmann, 1961;

Sceloenopla scherzeri is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama.^[2]

Description

Adults are elongate, subdepressed, dilated towards the apex and pale opaque fulvous. The antennae, eyes, a central vitta, and the extreme lateral border of the thorax, the scutellum, and a short longitudinal stripe at the base of the elytra, just within their outer border, are all black.^[3]

Life history

The recorded host plant for this species is Davilla nitida.^[2]

References

↑ "Sceloenopla scherzeri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
1 2 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.

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[1] "Sceloenopla scherzeri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-22.

[:0-2] 1 2 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.

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