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Issue: Vol. 1899 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1899.1.4
Page range: 43–49
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 5

Description of the immatures of Charidotella (Charidotella) flaviae Maia & Buzzi, 2005 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Coleoptera Cassidini Neotropical Ipomoea cairica

Abstract

The immature stages of Charidotella (Charidotella) flaviae Maia & Buzzi, 2005, collected on Ipomoea cairica (Linnaeus) Sweet (Solanales: Convolvulaceae) leaves, are described and illustrated. All of the immatures were from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

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