| Cephaloleia vicina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Cephaloleia |
| Species: | C. vicina |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephaloleia vicina Baly, 1858 | |
Cephaloleia vicina is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. [1]
Adults reach a length of about 5.9–6.7 mm. The head, antennae and scutellum are black, while the pronotum is yellow with a triangular black macula behind the head on the anterior margin. The elytron is black with narrow yellow vittae which become obsolete on the apical one-fifth.
The recorded host plants are Heliconia species (including Heliconia latispatha and Heliconia imbricata ), while adults also feed on Heliconia species (including Heliconia psittacurum ), but also on Calathea and Ischnosiphon species. [2]
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