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Cephaloleia vicina Baly, 1858
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
SUMMARY
ADULT
Head, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum yellow with triangular black macula; elytra black with yellow vittae. Head: vertex black, punctate; eyes protruding, finely faceted; frons yellow, longitudinally strigose-punctate; faint medial sulcus present. Antenna: black; antennomere 1 elongate, compressed; 2 cylindrical; 3 triangular with projecting angle; 4-10 transverse; 11 pointed at apex; 6-11 more setose than preceding. Pronotum: quadrate; yellowish; triangular black macula behind head on apical margin; scattered large punctures laterally; side margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; pronotal length 1.15-1.27 mm (n=10); pronotal width 1.38-1.81 mm. Scutellum: elongate, acutely triangular; micropunctate; black. Elytron: black with yellow vitta; side margined; vitta begins at 5th puncture row, extends to 6th puncture row, becomes obsolete on apical 1/5; apex obtusely rounded; elytral length 4.64-5.12 mm; elytral width 2.0-2.27 mm. Venter: abdominal sternite 1 entirely black. Total length: 5.92-6.72 mm.