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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; yellow; antennae yellowish brown; vertex of head with oval black macula, pronotum with black broad longitudinal band, which begins at the apex and widens posteriorly, scutellum black, and basal ⅓ of elytra with black oval macula, elytra slightly darkened beneath humerus; pro-, meso-, and metasternum yellowish medially, dark laterally; sternites diffuse black. Head: vertex extremely finely punctate, with medial sulcus and callus between the antennal bases; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to base of elytra; slender; antennomeres with whitish setae; 1 longest, incrassate; 2–6 cylindrical, elongate, decreasing in length; 7–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 2× length of 10, rounded at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse, nearly as wide as base of elytra; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface with scattered strong and irregular punctures; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3–1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.7–1.9 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; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; interspaces not raised; each puncture darkened; elytral length 4.7–4.9 mm; elytral width 2.0–2.2 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.4–6.7 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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Ecuador.
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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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