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Cephaloleia consanguinea Baly, 1885
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
SUMMARY
Head, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum yellow with variable black markings; elytra black with yellow medial vitta. Head: vertex black, strongly and densely punctate, Y-shaped medial sulcus; front yellow with some large punctures. Antenna: black; antennomere 1 elongate, robust, flattened laterally, fringe of setae at apex; 2 cylindrical; 3 triangular; 4-6 cylindrical; 7-10 transverse; 11 bluntly pointed. Pronotum: yellow with medial black macula narrowing toward base, macula extremely variable in shape; scattered large punctures laterally; side margined; anterior angle acute, slightly produced; posterior angle more densely punctate; pronotal length 1.1-1.3 mm (n=50); pronotal width 1.5-1.6 mm. Scutellum: triangular; black. Elytron: black with medial yellow vitta on each elytron, vitta begins at humerus and goes to apical 1/5, begins at 6th puncture row and goes to 7th or 8th puncture row (variable in width), narrower at base, widens slightly, does not follow puncture rows entire length; side margined; margin black; elytral length 4.16-5.1 mm; elytral width 1.93-2.08 mm. Venter: all sections yellow medially, black laterally. Leg: tibia black; femur yellow basally, black apically. Total length: 5.76-7.00 mm. Immature stages are unknown.