You are here
Taxon Pages
Cephaloleia antennata Waterhouse, 1881
Nomenclature
-
Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Reddish-yellow; antennomeres 1-7, medial line of pronotum, scutellum, and suture of and humeri of elytra darker, head with blackish band on vertex, antennomeres 8-11 yellow. Head: eye large, prominent; vertex concave, sparsely, irregularly punctate. Antenna: antennomere 1 incrassate, robust; 2 short; 3 twice length of 2; 4-10 decreasing in length; 11 broadly rounded at apex; 1-8 punctate; 9-11 setose. Pronotum: slightly longer than wide; convex; lateral margin straight, rounding to apex, narrowly margined; anterior angle obtusely rounded; posterior angle acute; densely, strongly punctate; with oblique impression on each side. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: slightly expanded apically; lateral margin narrowly margined; apices cojointly rounded; humerus slightly angulate, produced; strongly closely punctate-striate. Total length: 6.75 mm.