| Chelobasis perplexa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Chelobasis |
| Species: | C. perplexa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chelobasis perplexa (Baly, 1858) | |
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Chelobasis perplexa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama.
Adults are variable in colour. It may be at once separated from its allies by the angular apices and deep punctuation of the elytra. [1]
They have been recorded feeding on Heliconia imbricata , Heliconia latispatha , Heliconia pogonantha , Heliconia irrasa , Heliconia irrasa , Heliconia mariae , Heliconia mathiasiae , Calathea insignis and Calathea lutea . [2]
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