Synona melanopepla is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in India (Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh) and Vietnam.
Description Adults reach a length of about . They have a circular, hemispherical body. The head is yellow, sometimes with two black markings. The pronotum is yellow-orange, sometimes with a black marking. The scutellum is yellow, somtimes yellowish testaceous with a darker border or dark brown. The elytra are black. The ventral surface is yellow-orange.
Life history They have been recorded feeding on Psyllidae species on Ficus species, as well as on Megacopta cribraria.
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