Appearance
Most of the body is black with distinctive red elytra covering the flying wings. The total body length of the males is just under an inch, among the longest for any attelabid species. The extended neck is an adaptation that assists in nest building and fighting. When it comes time to breed, the mother-to-be will roll and secure a leaf of the host plant, "Dichaetanthera cordifolia" and "Dichaetanthera arborea", and then lay a single egg within the tube. She will then snip the roll from the remaining leaf in preparation of the egg hatching.References:
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