Cephaloleia formosus Staines 1996

Cephaloleia formosus is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, first found in Panama.

Cephaloleia formosus es un coleóptero de la familia Chrysomelidae.

Fue descrita científicamente por primera vez en 1996 por Staines.​

Cephaloleia formosus là một loài bọ cánh cứng trong họ Chrysomelidae. Loài này được Staines miêu tả khoa học năm 1996.

Narrow, elongate, subparallel, flattened; black with yellow elytral vitta; leg with tarsi yellow, rest black. Head: vertex densely, deeply punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, subequal in length to 3; 2 elongate, shorter than 1 or 3; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2× length of 10, rounded at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin evenly arcuate from base to anterior angle, serrulate, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin sinuate behind head; disc subconvex; surface with large, shallow punctures laterally, very few punctures on disc; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9–1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.1–1.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex truncate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; puncture rows shallow, almost obsolete laterally and apically; elytral length 3.4–3.8 mm; elytral width 1.3–1.6 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; femur and tibia punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.4–5.3 mm.

Belize, Colombia, Panama.