| Cephaloleia consanguinea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cephaloleia |
| Species: | C. consanguinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephaloleia consanguinea Baly, 1885 | |
Cephaloleia consanguinea is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama. [1]
Adults reach a length of about 5.7–7 mm. The head, antennae and scutellum are black, while the pronotum is yellow with a medial black macula narrowing toward the base. The elytron is black with a medial yellow vitta, which begins at the humerus and goes to the apical one-fifth.
Adults have been collected from Heliconia imbricata , Heliconia latispatha , Heliconia pogonantha , Heliconia mariae , Heliconia tortuosa , Heliconia bourgaeana , Heliconia collinsiana , Heliconia wagneriana , Heliconia longa , Heliconia nutans , Heliconia stilesii , Heliconia wilsonii , Calathea crotalifera , Cephaloleia guzmanioides and Musa ornata . [2]