Cephaloleia scitulus

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

Cephaloleia scitulus is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Panama.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.4–6.9 mm. The head, pronotum (except for the pale anterior and lateral margins), scutellum and antennae are black and the elytron is yellow with a black sutural vitta.

References

  1. ↑ C. L. Staines (1996). "The genus Cephaloleia (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) in Central America and the West Indies". Revista de Biología Tropical. 3: 3–87. PMID 9161542.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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. Retrieved September 4, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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