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Cephaloleia castanea Pic, 1929
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Species:
Cephaloleia castanea Pic, 1929
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; depressed; shining; reddish-yellow; antennae black. Head: concave between eyes; faint medial sulcus present; moderately, irregularly punctate. Antenna: slender; as long as head and pronotum combined; antennomere 1 short; 2 thick; 2-4 cylindrical; 3 slightly longer than 2; 4 ¾ length 3; 5-10 subequal in length; 11 2x length 10, pointed at apex. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight and slightly divergent for basal ¾ then roundly convergent; anterior angle broadly rounded; anterior angle, not produced; posterior angle acute; strongly, irregularly punctate. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight; apex rounded; humerus produced; punctate-striate. Total length: 5.0 mm.