Rusty red body; the elytra uniformly colored or black with eight white spots (3,2,2,1); coarse puncture-stripes with flatly curved, smooth interspaces. [Translated from the original German in Suffrian, 1858].
"Pronotum: Light orange to reddish, basal angle yellowish, often with basal oblique spots, lateral and apical margins yellowish or lighter. Surface impunctate to very finely, sparsely punctured, punctures not dual. Elytra: Background black to red or dark orange, each elytron with eight nearly subequal, usually oval, creamy yellow to dull orange spots. Spots as follows: one centered at base of scutellar stria, one centered at base of fifth interval, one centered at base of last stria, one centered at middle of third interval, one centered before middle of seventh stria, one centered before apex of third stria, one centered before apex of eighth interval, and one centered at junction of inner and outer stria. Surface sometimes finely, transversely wrinkled. With eight rows of punctures, sixth confused and much reduced, seventh usually interrupted or somewhat confused; punctures as large, dense as usual, finer apically; inner and outer rows distinct at apex, usually nearly or quite meeting. Prosternum: Anterior margin in male produced into a distinct, ventrally directed lobe; anterior margin in female with a distinct, somewhat less produced lobe. Length: 3.9 to 6.0 mm" (White, 1968: 59).
"Specimens in the collection have been collected on cotton and on okra. Douglass (1929, p. 8) recorded this species from honey locust" (White, 1968).
The Carolinas (Museums Germar, Sommer, Chevrolat) and Tennessee (Museum Märkel); variant β: Delaware (Museum Dohrn) and Maryland (Deyrolle). [Translated from Suffrian, 1858]
USA: MA, NY, MD, NJ, PA, VA, SC, GA, TN, FL, WV, IN, WI, AR, KS, TX, CO (White, 1968).