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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; head (except yellow frons), antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum yellowish with longitudinal black vitta; elytra black with narrow yellow vitta between puncture rows 4 and 5, lateral margin entirely black; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasternum yellow medially, black laterally, abdominal sterna 1–4 yellow medially, dark laterally, sternite 5 entirely dark; leg with coxae and trochanter blackish, femur yellow, darkened at base and apex, tibia and tarsi dark brown. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; inverted V-shaped sulcus between eyes; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 robust, elongate, as long as 2–4 combined; 2 transverse; 3 triangular, longer than 2; 4–6 elongate; 7–10 transverse; 11 pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, divergent for basal ⅔ then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute, slightly produced; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface with few scattered punctures laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.4 mm. Scutellum: triangular; pointed at apex; 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, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.4 mm; elytral width 1.9 mm. Venter: pro- and mesosterna impunctate; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.5–6.0 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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Mexico.
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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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