Cephaloleia partita

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Cephaloleia partita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Species:
C. partita
Binomial name
Cephaloleia partita
Weise, 1910

Cephaloleia partita is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. [1]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.9–6 mm. Adults are yellowish with the eyes, antennae and apical half of the elytron black.

Biology

Adults have been collected on Heliconia species (including Heliconia lathispatha and Heliconia catheta ), as well as on Calathea latifolia . [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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