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Small; elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; head, antennae pronotum (except pale anterior margin), and scutellum black; elytra yellow with three wide black vittae- medial vitta along sutural margin, slightly dilated below scutellum, lateral vittae begin below humeral callus, extend entire length of disc, incurve to join sutural vitta, humerus reddish or yellowish; venter with pro-, meso-, metasterna, and abdominal sterna 1–4 yellow medially, dark laterally, sternite 5 totally black; leg yellow except dark apex of femur, base of tibia, and tarsi. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender, elongate; antennomere 1 clavate, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse; 3 elongate, cylindrical; 4–10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle subacute, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface deeply but moderately punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7–0.9 mm; pronotal width 0.9–1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle slightly sinuate, without tooth; humerus slightly angulate, slightly produced; constricted behind humerus; subconvex; slightly flattened along suture; strongly punctate-striate, rows obsolete at apex; elytral length 2.8–3.3 mm; elytral width 1.3–1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna, abdominal sterna 1–4 impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna 1–4 impunctate medially, punctate laterally, each puncture with pale seta; sternite 5 punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1–2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin entire, rounded in female, broadly incurved in male. Leg: slender; femur punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.1–4.4 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, Nicaragua, 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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