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Description

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Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; head yellow, eyes darker; antennae black, except antennomere 1 or 1 and 2 which are yellow; pronotum yellow with black triangular macula from anterior margin to near base; scutellum black; elytra yellow with black humeral maculae and black band just after midline from suture to lateral margin; legs yellow, apex of tibia and tarsi darker. Head: vertex impunctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: less than ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate; 2 transverse; 3–4 elongate, shorter than 1; 5–10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 pointed at apex, subequal in length to 1; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex, impunctate; with slight prebasal depression laterally; pronotal length 1.0–1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.3–1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin slightly expanding apically, smooth, 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; slightly flattened along suture; moderately punctate-striate, interspaces finely sulcate; puncture rows converge and unite apically; humerus virtually impunctate; elytral length 4.3–4.7 mm; elytral width 1.8–2.0 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale setae; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, rounded, entire in female. Leg: slender; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.8–6.3 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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Costa Rica, Panama.
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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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