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Cephaloleia flavipennis Baly, 1869
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; parallel; black, scutellum and elytra yellowish. Head: finely, densely punctate; medial sulcus present. Antenna: less than ½ body length; antennomere 1 thickened, 1/3 longer than 2; 3 longer than 2; 4 & 5 subequal in length; 6-10 subequal in length, transverse; 11 longer than 10, pointed at apex. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, rounded and converging apically, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded; posterior angle acute; convex; surface sparsely, strongly punctate, more dense laterally, impunctate line on disc. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: nearly parallel, narrowly margined; apex rounded; slightly constricted behind humerus; convex; distinctly, not strongly punctate-striate, punctures rather oval; interspaces flat. Venter: last abdominal sternite truncate in female. Total length: 7.3 mm.