Agroiconota tristriata (Fabricius, 1792)

Chaboo, Caroline S., 2014, New Records for Neotropical Tortoise Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae Sensu Lato), The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (2), pp. 269-270 : 269

Agroiconota tristriata (F., 1792)

(Tribe Cassidini )

This species is known from Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Borowiec and Świętojańska 2014). In Venezuela, it is known from the Caribbean provinces of Aragua and Guarico. This is a new province record, near Colombia.

VENEZUELA: Apure, 340’ 16km W El Salmande , Apure, July 15 1988, C&L O’ Brien & G Wibmer [6, SEMC] .

Cephaloleia laeta Waterhouse, 1881 (Tribe Imatidiini )

Two new country records, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and the first host record, palm flowers ( Areceae ), are provided. Cephaloleiini was synonymized with Imatidiini (Monrós and Viana 1947) . The tribal name is recognized as Imatidiini Hope, 1840 (Bouchard et al. 2011) but is indicated as Imatidiniini in Staines (2012).

COSTA RICA: Puntarenas, Corcovado National Park, Sirena Stn., Corcovado Trail , 150 m, 8°29′7″N, 83°34′39″W, 29 Jun 2000, Z.H. Falin, CR1ABF00 044, ex palm flowers [1, SEMC] ; NICARAGUA: Rio San Juan Dept, 60 Km SE San Carlos , Refugio Bartola , 100m, 10°58.40′N 84° 20.30′W, 27. V . 2002, R Brooks , Z Falin, S Chatzimanolis, ex palm fruits and flowers, NICIBFCO2 112 [1, SEMC] ; Rio San Juan Dept, 60 Km SE San Carlos , Refugio Bartola , 100m, 10°58.40′N 84°20.30′W, 27. V .2002, R Brooks , Z Falin, S Chatzimanolis, ex palm fruits and flowers, NICIBFCO2 095 [1, SEMC] .

Cyrtonota banghaasi (Spaeth, 1902) (Tribe Mesomphaliini )

This medium-sized cassidine was previously known from one locality, Marcapata, Peru (Borowiec and Świętojańska 2014). I collected adults and juveniles at a second locality on Aequatorium sp. ( Asteraceae : Senecioneae), a small upright shrub with large, hairy leaves, which is the first host record. The habitat is the disturbed roadside edge of a cloud forest.

PERU: Cusco Dpto, Wayqecha Fld Stn, Canopy Trl nr Manu Rd. , 2990 m, 13.18565°S 71.58877°W, 31X–1.XI.2012, ex Aequatorium sp., coll. CS Chaboo [3, SEMC] .