Cephaloleia puncticollis Baly, 1885
ADULT
Reddish-brown, eyes and antennae darker. Head: vertex and front punctate; not depressed between eyes; medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting. Antenna: reddish-brown; filiform; more than ½ body length; cylindrical; antennomere 1 slightly thickened and compressed, longer than 2, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse; 3 cylindrical; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 pointed at apex. Pronotum: ⅓ wider than long; disc densely punctate; side margined, straight from base to near apex, then rounded and converging to anterior angle; anterior angle obtuse; posterior angle produced, acute; pronotal length 1.0-1.1 mm (n=20); pronotal width 1.4-1.9 mm. Scutellum: broadly triangular. Elytron: wider than base of pronotum; side margined, smooth, straight; slightly dilated beyond middle; convex, flattened along suture; strongly, regularly punctate-striate, punctures little impressed; humerus rounded, slightly produced; elytral length 3.7-4.3 mm; elytral width 2.0-2.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate laterally. Total length: 5.0-5.9 mm.
Calathea insignis Hort. and Bull. (Marantaceae) (Uhmann 1930a); Heliconia imbricata Benth. (Seifert and Seifert 1976a). Adults collected on H. latispatha (Kuntze) Baker (Heliconiaceae), and Musa sp. (Musaceae) (Staines 1996).
COSTA RICA: Cartago- La Palma, 1050 m, La Hondura, 20.VI.26 (USNM); Peralta, 400 m, 26.I.33 (USNM); La Suiza de Turrialba, 1923 (CMNH); Turrialba (USNM), 29 May 1951, VII-15-1965 (USNM), June 8-11, 1980 (EGRC). Guanacaste- Est. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Sta. Cecilia, 4-25 Nov 1991 (INBIO); Est. Queb. Bonita, 50 m, Res. Biol. Carara, 17 mar- 30 abr (INBIO); Est. Sirena, 0-100 m, P.N. Corcovado, Set 1991 (INBIO); Tilarán, 7-VII-1972, 30-VII-1972 (FSCA). Heredia- Finca La Selva nr Puerto Viejo, 24 July 1969 (USNM, USNM), 4 Aug 1969 (USNM); La Selva Biol. Sta., 2 km S. Pt. Viejo, VI-3-5-84 (EGRC). Limón- Hamburg Farm, Reventazón, Ebene Limón, 27.I.25, 1.I.32 (USNM); Est. Hitoy Cerere, 100 m, R. Cerere, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, Jun 1991 (INBIO); Pandora, 30-V-1962 (MUCR); Salvadora, Parismina Fluss, 5.X.30, 19-31.XII.1930 (USNM); Valle La Estrella, 100-200 m (INBio); R.V.S. Gandoca Manzanillo, 0-100 m (INBio). Puntarenas- Barranca near Puntarenas, 6-VII-1972 (FSCA); 25 mi. S. Buenos Aires, 10 Aug 1969 (USNM); El Roble, 25.VII.1929 (USNM); 10.9 E. Esparta, 17 June 1969 (USNM); Gulfo Dulce, Río Sandali, 21.VIII.36 (USNM); 3 mi. S. Palmar Sur, 11 Aug 1969 (USNM); 5.4 mi. S. Palmar Sur, 11 Aug 1969 (USNM); 18 Mi. S. Palmar Sur, 11 Aug 1969 (USNM); Puerto Cortes, 19-VII-1972 (FSCA); Río Piedras, 15 Aug 1969 (USNM); San Vito de Java, 20-VII-1972 (FSCA); Sirena Corcovado, August 1993 (MUCR); Garabito, Reserva Biol Carara, Est Quebrada Bonita, 0-100 m (INBio); A.C.O. Golfito, Pque Nal Corcovado, Est Sirena, 0-100 m (INBio). San José- 12 mi. N. San Isidro del General, 26 June 1969 (USNM). NICARAGUA: Jinotega- SE Jinotega, 5100', VII-15-1974 (FSCA). PANAMA: no further data (CASC); 11-4-29, 1-26-31, 1-12-31, 2-16-33, 4-13-33, 11-17-30, 11-22-34 (CASC). ?- La Joya, XII-44 (CASC). Chiriquí- no further data (PSCU); Bugaba, 800-1500 ft. (PSUC, USNM); Galera de Chorcha, 3 July, 76 (EGRC); Hartmann's finca, St. Clara, VI-15-18-85 (EGRC); Santa Clara, May 23-25, 1980 (EGRC); 2 km N Sta. Clara, 24-25.V.77 (CMNC); Soledad to Fortuna, V-16-78 (EGRC); V. de Chiriquí (AMNH, USNM). Panamá- Curundu, 13 Mar. '70 (EGRC); Ft. Sherman, Aug 2, 1974 (FSCA).