Cephaloleia variabilis

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

Cephaloleia variabilis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. ^[1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.3–7.1 mm. The head and scutellum are black. The antennae are wholly black or antennomeres 9–11 are yellow. The pronotum is yellowish with black maculae on the anterior and basal the margins connected by a narrow black vitta. The elytron is brown or black with a yellow longitudinal vitta from the base to the apical one-fourth. The lateral margin is black or yellow. ^[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.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.