Cephaloleia fouquei

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Cephaloleia fouquei
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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.

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Description

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.

Biology

The recorded food plant is Calathea lutea .

Etymology

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]

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