Cylindrical; head black; pronotum yellowish-orange; elytra black with yellowish vittae. Head: medial sulcus present; depressed between eyes; frons not projecting. Antennae: segments I-IV cylindrical, I, II, and IV subequal in length, III slightly longer than any of the other three; V-VI transverse, shorter than preceding; VII-IX transverse, wider than preceding; X rounded at apex. Pronotum: side margins arcuate; convex; covered with large, shallow punctures; slight basal impression; anterior angles with small tooth; posterior angles acute. Scutellum: quadrate, black. Elytra: sides sparsely dentate; apices strongly dentate, cojointly rounded; 8 regular rows of punctures; tricostate, costa 1 more developed on apical half; medial vitta on each elytron, width and length of vitta extremely variable. Venter: prosternum red or orangish-yellow; rest of venter black; meso- and metasterna punctate at sides; abdominal sterna 1, 2, and 3 alutaceous at sides. Legs: profemura orangish-yellow basally, black apically; meso- and metafemura dark, paler at base. Total length: 4.2-5.5 mm.

Larval host plant: Paspalum conjugatum Berg (Poaeaceae).