Cephaloleia lepida

Cephaloleia lepida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Cephaloleia
Species:	C. lepida
Binomial name
Cephaloleia lepida Staines, 1996

Cephaloleia lepida is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Panama. ^[1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.7–6.9 mm. The head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum and venter are reddish-brown, while the elytron is metallic blue.

Biology

Adults have been collected in rolled leaves of Zingiberaceae species. ^[2]

References

1. C. L. Staines (1996). "The genus Cephaloleia (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) in Central America and the West Indies". Revista de Biología Tropical . Spec No 3: 3–87. PMID   9161542.
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.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Further reading

• McKenna, Duane D., and Brian D. Farrell. "Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of host plant use in the Neotropical rolled leaf ‘hispine’beetle genus Cephaloleia (Chevrolat)(Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37.1 (2005): 117–131.
• Staines, Charles L., and Carlos García-Robledo. "The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)." ZooKeys 436 (2014): 1.

External links

• "Cephaloleia lepida". The Encyclopedia of Life .