| Cephaloleia renei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cephaloleia |
| Species: | C. renei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephaloleia renei Sekerka, 2017 | |
Cephaloleia renei is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador.
Adults reach a length of about 7.6–9.5 mm. The have a yellow body and the elytron has two black spots. Furthermore, the apical one-fifth of the elytron is yellow and the lateral margins are entirely yellow.
The recorded food plant is Calathea variegata .
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]