Cephaloleia gratiosa Baly, 1858
ADULT
Variable in color- reddish-brown with black eyes and antennae, black central maculae on apical ½ of elytra; or black head, antennae, and elytra, and reddish brown pronotum; or totally reddish brown. Head: sparsely punctate; depressed between eyes; medial carina present; frons not projecting. Antenna: black, sometimes with antennomeres 1-3 yellow; antennomeres 1-5 compressed; 2 and 3 equal, dilated internally at apex; 4 subtriangular; 1 clavate, incrassate, very compressed; 3 longer than 2 or 4; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 rounded at apex, elongate, ¾'ths length of 1; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse, quadrate; subconvex; finely, sparsely punctate; disc almost impunctate; sides rounded and convergent apically; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle rectangular; pronotal length 1.6-2.1 mm (n=15); pronotal width 1.9-2.7 mm. Scutellum: triangular; smooth; shining; impunctate; yellow. Elytron: wider than base of pronotum; subconvex, disc flattened; side margined, parallel, smooth; apices cojointly rounded; punctures moderately impressed; puncture rows converge and unite at apex; elytral length 6.7-8.0 mm; elytral width 3.4-3.7 mm. Venter: prosternum yellow, smooth; meso- and metasterna yellow and smooth in middle, black and punctate at sides; abdominal sterna black with yellow side margin, setose; last abdominal sternite slightly sinuate in male, rounded in female. Leg: femur robust, yellow with black apex; tibia black at base and apex, setae on inner apical ⅓; protibial basal marking extends along outer edge almost to apex. Total length: 9.1-10.3 mm (Staines 1996).
COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Río San Lorencito, 900 m, Res. For. Sn Ramón, 5 km N Col. Palmarena, Mar 1990, 13-18 Jun 1993 (INBIO); Upala Fluss, 17-21 Aug 1988 (MUCR). Guanacaste- Río San Lorenzo, 1050 m, Tierras Morenas, Z. P. Tenorio, 28 Mar- 21 Abr 1992, Abr 1991, Jun 1991, Abr 1992, Jul 1992, Feb 1993, 10-20 feb 1992, Abr 1993, Dic 1992, Oct 1992 (INBIO). Heredia- Est. Magasasay, 200 m, P. N. Braulio Carillo, May 1992 (INBIO). Limón- Amubri, 700 m, Talamanca, 1 a 22 jul 1992, 16 a 31 ago 1992 (INBIO); Est. Cuatro Esquinas, 0 m, P.N. Tortuguero, 27 mar-29 abr 1992, Ene 1993 (INBIO); Est. Hitoy Cerere, 100 m, R. Cerere, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, Nov 1992, Abr 1993, Set 1992, 15 a 27 feb 1993 (INBIO); Manzanillo, 0-100 m, RNFS Gandoca y Manzanillo, 22 oct a 11 nov 1992, 24 set a 13 oct 1992, 4 a 12 dic 1992, 9 set a 13 oct 1992, 15 a 13 dic 1992, 7 a 19 ago 1992, 7 a 14 ago 1992, 6 a 27 ene 1993 (INBIO); Est. Miramar, 500 m, Res. Biol. Hitory Cerere, Set 1992 (INBIO). Puntarenas- Est. Queb. Bonita, 50 m, Res. Biol. Carara, Jun 1992, May 1992 (INBIO). MEXICO: no further data (DEI, PSUC, ZMHB). Chiapas- (DEI). PANAMA: Bocas del Toro- 2.3 rd m. N from Continental Divide, V-20-1993 (EGRC). Coclé- rd N. Cerro Gaital, May 15, 1980 (EGRC). Panamá- Nusagandi area, I. K. U. S. A. Igar, V-20-1993 (EGRC) (Staines 1996).