Cephaloleia marginella

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Cephaloleia marginella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Species:
C. marginella
Binomial name
Cephaloleia marginella
Uhmann, 1930

Cephaloleia marginella is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. [1]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.4–8 mm. The head is black and the pronotum is yellow except for a black longitudinal medial vitta from the base to the apex. The elytron is yellow with two black vittae.

Biology

The recorded food plants are Heliconia species. Adults have been collected on Caesalpinia eriostachys . [2]

References

  1. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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