Brown body; the front and side rims, along with two hind spots on the densely and coarsely punctured pronotum, washed-out yellow red; the elytra, rusty yellow with three poorly rimmed brown bands along the length; curved interspaces, crossed behind the shoulders by the sixth and seventh stripes. [Translated from the original German in Suffrian, 1858].
"Pronotum: Orange to red or very dark reddish and usually with two oblique basal spots; lateral and apical margins yellowish to light orange, not sharply delimited. Punctation dual, larger punctures small to rather large, usually not distinctly impressed. Elytra: Creamy yellow to orange, striae and vittae dark orange to red or dark red. Each elytron with a vague to distinct (usually not sharply delimited) longitudinal vitta, usually extending from base of third and fourth intervals (often diagonally joining suture and lateral margin) sometimes reduced to a vitta at basal half of fourth interval and apical half of fifth interval or expanded to cloud most of elytron with reddish. With seven rows of punctures and a series behind humerus, fifth stria sometimes disconnected before apex; punctures as large, dense as usual, not to somewhat finer apically; inner and outer rows of punctures at apex confused and not meeting. Prosternum: Male with anterior margin broadly, somewhat produced; female with anterior margin not or faintly produced. Length: 2.7 to 4.0 mm" (White, 1968: 61).
"Collection notes record specimens from cucumber and cranberry" (White, 1968).
Southern and central states of the eastern [United States], according to Haldeman. (Museums Berol. and Deyrolle Mannerh.) [Translated from Suffrian, 1858]
USA: NH, NY, NJ, MA, MD, NC, AL, GA, FL (White, 1968).