Cephaloleia alternans

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Cephaloleia alternans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Species:
C. alternans
Binomial name
Cephaloleia alternans
Waterhouse, 1881

Cephaloleia alternans is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. [1]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.8–9.2 mm. They have a yellow body, the head with the vertex black. The pronotum is yellow with a black trapezoidal macula on the middle of the anterior margin and the elytron is yellow with a transverse black band near the base and another on the apical one-third.

Biology

The hostplant is unknown, but adults have been collected on Calathea lanata . [2]

References

  1. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ Staines, Charles L.; García-Robledo, Carlos (22 August 2014). "The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)". ZooKeys. 436. Pensoft: 1–355. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
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