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Cephaloleia immaculata

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Cephaloleia immaculata is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, first found in Costa Rica.[1]

References

  1. ^ C. L. Staines (1996). "The genus Cephaloleia (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) in Central America and the West Indies". Revista de Biología Tropical. Spec No 3: 3–87. PMID 9161542.
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Cephaloleia immaculata: Brief Summary

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Cephaloleia immaculata is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, first found in Costa Rica.

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Large; elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; reddish-brown, eyes darker; venter with meso- and metasterna paler medially, darker laterally. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; antennomere 1 incrassate, as long as 2–4 combined; 2–3 transverse, each with projection on inner apex; 4–10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–4 punctate with scattered setae; 5–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3–1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.9–2.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, humerus virtually impunctate; rows converge and unite near apex; declivity beginning just behind humerus along puncture row 7 with weak carina; elytral length 5.0–5.7 mm; elytral width 2.3–2.7 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: robust; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.6–7.8 mm.
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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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Distribution

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Costa Rica.
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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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