Cephaloleia vicina Baly, 1858
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.
Heliconia spp. (Strong 1977a), H. latispatha Benth. (Strong 1977b), H. imbricata (Kuntze) Baker (Heliconiaceae) (Strong 1981). Adults feed on. Heliconia spp., Calathea spp., Ischnospihon spp. (Marantaceae) (Strong 1977a).
COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Colonia Dos Ríos, 1 Nov 1987 (MUCR); 2 Ríos, 1 Dic 1987 (MUCR); Res. For. San Ramón, March 8, 1990 (MUCR). Heredia- Estación Biol. La Selva, 22 Jan. 1989 (USNM), April 1, 1990, 21-I-1989 (MUCR). Limón- Estación Hitoy Cerere, R. Cerere, Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere, 5-19 mar 1992, 4-20 Dic 1991 (INBIO). GUATEMALA: Baja Verapaz- 6-9 km E Purulhá, +500', April 15-24, 1990 (FSCA). MEXICO: no further data (DEI). Oaxaca- no further data (PSUC). Veracruz- Atoyac, VII:14:41 (FMNH); Comoapan-Eyipantla, VI-14/27-1985 (EGRC); Cordova (BMNH); Fortín de las Flores- Sumidero, 21-V-1965 (FSCA); Motzorongo (DEI); 7 mi. S. E. Orizaba, VI-19-20-1983 (FSCA); Playa Vicente (DEI); Tezonapa, VIII:8:41 (FMNH). PANAMA: Chiriquí- Fortuna, May 20, 1978 (USNM). Panamá- Barro Colo Isl, 3 Mar 1959 (FSCA)