| Cephaloleia fouquei | |
|---|---|
| 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]