Cephaloleia fouquei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Cephaloleia |
Species: | C. fouquei |
Binomial name | |
Cephaloleia fouquei Sekerka, 2017 |
Cephaloleia fouquei is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
Adults reach a length of about 6.6–9.2 mm. The have a yellow body. The elytron has two black spots. Furthermore, the apical one-fifth of the elytron is yellow, with the lateral margins entirely yellow.
The recorded food plant is Calathea lutea .
The species is named for René Fouquè, a friend of the author and an entomologist who was a specialist on the tenebrionid tribe Stenosini. [1]