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Cephaloleia laeta Waterhouse, 1881
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Yellow, with eyes, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum with black medial vitta; elytra with black lateral and apical maculae. Head: vertex impunctate; slightly depressed between eyes; small medial carina; frons not projecting. Antenna: antennomere 1 elongate, clavate, punctate; 2 transverse; 3-4 cylindrical, longer than 2; 4-10 transverse, slightly decreasing in length; 11 rounded at apex, ¾'ths length of 1. Pronotum: convex; virtually impunctate, a few punctures laterally; side margined, slightly canaliculate, straight for basal ¾'ths then rounded and convergent; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; pronotal length 1.3-1.5 mm (n=2); pronotal width 1.6-1.8 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: side margined, smooth; apices cojointly rounded; humerus virtually impunctate; punctures moderately impressed; rows confused at apex; elytral length 4.6-5.2 mm; elytral width 2.1-2.3 mm. Total length: 6.3-7.0 mm.