{{short description|Genus of beetle}} {{speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 4 | genus = Xenicomorpha | parent_authority = Spaeth, 1913 | species = scapularis | authority = (Boheman, 1854) | synonyms = ''Omoplata scapularis'' Boheman, 1854 }}

'''''Xenicomorpha''''' is a genus of beetle belonging to the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae, containing a single species, '''''X. scapularis'''''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=837973#null|title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Xenicomorpha|website=www.itis.gov|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref> Both the larvae and the adults (imago) are herbivores.

== Description == A middle-sized, oval, brown-gold (at least on dead examples) tortoise beetle. The front corner covers are not prominent. The head is visible from above, the antennae about the same length as the pronotums. The pronotum is rounded trapezoidal, somewhat narrower than the cover wings, not forming a continuous curve with them. The covers are pointed at the back, the surface fine but tight and heavily punctured. The legs are fairly short.

== Ecology == The species lives on plants from the family Convolvulaceae.

== Distribution ==

The species is known from Peru and Bolivia.

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== External links == * [http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/xenicomorpha.htm University of Wroclaw - Cassidinae of the world]

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Category:Cassidinae Category:Beetles described in 1854 Category:Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of Peru Category:Beetles of Bolivia Category:Beetles of South America Category:Taxa named by Carl Henrik Boheman Category:Taxa named by Franz Spaeth