''Calyptocephala attenuata'' is a species of tortoise beetle in the genus ''

Calyptocephala Calyptocephala is a genus of beetle in the subfamily Cassidinae of family Chrysomelidae. Species * ''Calyptocephala attenuata'' (Spaeth, 1919) * ''Calyptocephala brevicornis'' (Carl Henrik Boheman, Boheman, 1850) * ''Calyptocephala discoidea' ...

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Description

''Calyptocephala attenuata'' are egg-shaped with the greatest breadth in the middle of the elytra and the rear being more narrow then the front. The elytra are a shiny blood-red color with small dotted lines from front to back. The first two segments of the antennae are red and the other segments are black.

Distribution

This species can be found in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

and

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

References

Cassidinae Beetles of Central America Beetles described in 1919 Beetles of South America {{Cassidinae-stub