Cephaloleia lepida is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Panama.
Description Adults reach a length of about 5.7–6.9 mm. The head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum and venter are reddish-brown, while the elytron is metallic blue.
Biology Adults have been collected in rolled leaves of Zingiberaceae species.
References
Further reading McKenna, Duane D., and Brian D. Farrell. "Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of host plant use in the Neotropical rolled leaf ‘hispine’beetle genus Cephaloleia (Chevrolat)(Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37.1 (2005): 117–131. Staines, Charles L., and Carlos García-Robledo. "The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)." ZooKeys 436 (2014): 1.
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