Sceloenopla obsoleta


Sceloenopla obsoleta is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Peru.

Description

Adults are elongate, scarcely broader behind and pale fulvous, with the posterior angles of the elytra produced into a large, flattened, acute spine. The eyes and antennae are black, with the five terminal joints of the latter rufo-fuseous. The elytra are pale rufo-violaceous with a faint metallic reflexion, the posterior spine and a short vitta on the shoulders black. Each elytron has four large ill-defined pale fulvous patches covering nearly the whole of the surface.

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species.