Cephaloleia coroicoana

Cephaloleia coroicoana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Species:
C. coroicoana
Binomial name
Cephaloleia coroicoana
Uhmann, 1930

Cephaloleia coroicoana is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil (Bahia).[1] Records from Venezuela are based on misidentifications.[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.9–5 mm. Adults are black. The pronotum and elytron have dull black lateral margins and the legs and epipleuron are dark pitchy-black.[3]

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. ^ Taxonomic changes within Imatidiini and Hybosispini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
  3. ^ 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.