Cephaloleia vicina is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.
Adults reach a length of about 5.9âÂÂ6.7 mm. The head, antennae and scutellum are black, while the pronotum is yellow with a triangular black macula behind the head on the anterior margin. The elytron is black with narrow yellow vittae which become obsolete on the apical one-fifth.
The recorded host plants are Heliconia species (including Heliconia latispatha and Heliconia imbricata), while adults also feed on Heliconia species (including Heliconia psittacurum), but also on Calathea and Ischnosiphon species.