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Cephaloleia bella Baly, 1885
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
Head, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum yellow with 2 black maculae; elytra black with yellow vitta. Head: vertex black, punctate; front yellow, punctate; medial sulcus absent; V-shaped sulcus between eyes; depressed laterally; eyes slightly protruding, finely faceted. Antenna: black; antennomere 1 elongate, robust, compressed, punctate; 2 transverse; 3-4 cylindrical, projection on inner angle, 3 longer than 4; 5-10 transverse; 11 pointed at apex. Pronotum: yellowish-orange with medial macula on apical and basal margins; impunctate; sides margined, parallel; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; pronotal length 1.4-1.7 mm (n=50); pronotal width 1.7-1.9 mm. Scutellum: black; broadly triangular; alutaceous. Elytron: black with yellow vitta; vitta begins at 4th interspace and extends to 7th interspace; punctures in vitta larger than those on rest of elytron; at 7th interspace elytra deflects downward and a slight carina is produced; vitta begins at humerus and extends to apical 1/5; lateral margin black; elytral length 5.6-6.0mm; elytral width 2.6-2.8 mm. Venter: prosternum yellow with black macula beyond coxae; mesosternum yellow medially, black laterally; metasternum black; abdominal sterna yellowish-orange with black stripe on lateral margin. Leg: femur yellow with black ring at apex; tibia black. Total: 7.6-8.1 mm. Immature stages are unknown.