Xenochalepus rufithorax is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Guerrero, Veracruz)Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist and Nicaragua.
Description It is very similar to Xenochalepus erythroderus, but the clypeus is rather larger, less distinctly pentangular, and the oblique apical foveae are much smaller and narrower, the sides of the thorax are slightly distinctly trisinuate. The elytra are entirely black, and their apical teeth are rather finer.Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2
Biology The food plant is unknown.
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