Cephaloleia pulchella

Cephaloleia pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Cephaloleia
Species:	C. pulchella
Binomial name
	Cephaloleia pulchella; Baly, 1858

Last updated October 20, 2025

Cephaloleia pulchella is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Peru.^[1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.7–8.1 mm. The head and antennae (except for the brownish basal 2 antennomeres) are black and the pronotum is yellow (except for an indistinct trilobed dark macula on the anterior margin). The elytron is black with a bright yellow longitudinal vitta medially from the base, narrowing behind and abbreviated near the apex.^[2]

References

↑ 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.
↑ Staines, Charles L.; García-Robledo, Carlos (22 August 2014). "The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)". ZooKeys (436). Pensoft: 1–355. Bibcode:2014ZooK..436....1S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.436.5766 . PMC 4155720 . PMID 25197208 . Retrieved September 4, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[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. Bibcode:2014ZooK..436....1S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.436.5766 . PMC 4155720 . PMID 25197208 . Retrieved September 4, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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