Black with yellowish markings. Head: faint medial sulcus; vertex impunctate; pale between eyes; frons projecting. Antennae: segment I subequal in length to II; III as long as I and II combined; IV cylindrical, shorter than III; V-VII transverse, widens toward apex; VIII elongate, pointed at apex; VI-VIII hirsute. Pronotum: widest at base; side margins sinuate; tooth in anterior angles; convex; densely punctate; yellow with black medial longitudinal vitta. Scutellum: black; quadrate. Elytra: side margins dentate; apices strongly dentate, emarginate; apical angles with lamina; 10 rows of punctures; three weak costae; yellow with black vitta at base around scutellum, widens apically so that apical third is black. Venter: black; pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna alutaceous at sides, smooth in middle. Legs: black except basal half of femora which is yellow; femora punctate. Total length: 5.0 mm.

Larval host plant: Clibadium aspersum DC (Asteraceae).