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Sceloenopla melanospila

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ2929831 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sceloenopla melanospila is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species.

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The public source identifies “Sceloenopla melanospila” as species of beetle. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sceloenopla, melanospila and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sceloenopla melanospila” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.