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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; reddish, antennomeres 1–3 yellowish-brown, 4–11 darker. Head: vertex sparsely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, longest; 2 ½ length of 1; 3–5 cylindrical, subequal in length, each shorter than 2; 2–4 laterally compressed and triangular in male; 6–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–4 punctate with scattered setae; 5–11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex, impunctate; sparsely punctate laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.6–1.8 mm; pronotal width 2.2–2.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 not edged with faint carina; weakly punctate-striate in male, strongly punctate-striate in female; humerus sparsely punctate; scutellar row long; elytral length 5.8–6.2 mm; elytral width 2.9–3.1 mm. Venter: last sternite with apical margin curved posteriorly in male; truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 8.3–8.8 mm.
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Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
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Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
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Charles L. Staines
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Carlos García-Robledo
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Distribution

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Colombia.
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Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
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Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
author
Charles L. Staines
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Carlos García-Robledo
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