Claraplumula latifacies Shannon
Allograpta latifacies belongs to a group, subgenus Claraplumula, characterized by: face straight, with tubercle; oral opening about twice as long as wide, with oral apex at level of antennal base; antennal pits broadly separated; plumula well developed, long; subscutellar pile fringe abundant, dense; wing extensively microtrichose, only narrowly bare basally, without apical dark macula; alula broad, about 1.5 times as broad as cell BM; metasternum pilose; abdomen oval (Mengual et al. 2009).
Allograpta latifacies is the only known species from this subgenus. Readily recognized by the large head, the four pairs of large yellow spots on the abdomen, and the smoky wings.
Adults are pollinators and feed on pollen and nectar.
Adapted from original description (Shannon 1927).
MALE.
Head. Large, inflated, broader than the thorax. Face yellow, very broad, nearly quadrate, in profile nearly straight from antennal base to the protuberance, thence rather sharply retreating to the anterior oral margin which is slightly produced, with sparse black pili; gena very broad, more or less aeneous and pale pilose; frontal triangle very broad, black pilose; basal antennal segments yellowish brown, basoflagellomere darkened; arista arising near base of basoflagellomere, black, slightly longer than antenna; antennae very widely separated, the distance between them nearly equal to length of antenna; below, on each side of face, is a deep slit; ocellar triangle rather small, black pilose.
Thorax. Scutum aeneous, with a pair of faint vittae, sides yellowish; scutellum yellowish. Metasternum long pilose; plumula large. Legs, Femora and tibia reddish brown, tarsi darker. Wing. Smoky, infuscated; entirely microtrichose.
Abdomen. Black; tergita 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th each with a pair of large yellow maculae; anterior corners also yellow.
Length 13 mm.; wing 11.5 mm.
Very restricted: only found in Ecuador and Peru.