Sceloenopla subcornuta

Sceloenopla subcornuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Sceloenopla
Species:	S. subcornuta
Binomial name
	Sceloenopla subcornuta; (Baly, 1858)
Synonyms
	Cephalodonta subcornuta Baly, 1858;

Sceloenopla subcornuta is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

Description

Adults are broadly elongate, rather wider behind, depressed above and rufo-fulvous. The rufo-violaceous elytra are produced at the posterior angles into a flattened, acute, black spine. Each elytron has five large fulvous spots, which almost entirely cover the whole surface.

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species.

References

↑ "Sceloenopla subcornuta". 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 subcornuta". 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.