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Small; elongate; subparallel; subconvex; reddish-brown; eyes darker. Head: vertex punctate, with medial carina; frons impunctate, not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, longer than 2 and 3 combined, slightly incrassate, apical margin produced with horn-like projection; 2–6 elongate, cylindrical; 2 longer than 3; 3 longer than 4; 4–6 elongate, subequal in length; 7–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 pointed at apex; 1–6 punctate with scattered setae; 7–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc flattened; surface densely, coarsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0–1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.2–1.4 mm. Scutellum: triangular, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures large, slightly confused apically; elytral length 3.4–3.7 mm; elytral width 1.5–1.7 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna impunctate, glabrous; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.5–5.0 mm.
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Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
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Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
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Charles L. Staines
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Carlos García-Robledo
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Distribution

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Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.
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Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
bibliographic citation
Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
author
Charles L. Staines
author
Carlos García-Robledo
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