It sucks the sap of plants of a number of species including jasmine and coffee.

They are considered minor pests in coffee cultivation where it is called the variegated coffee bug.

The pronotum has ten black spots, four small on the anterior margin and six behind them.

The body and legs below are pale green or yellow.

[1] A species of strepsiptera, Corioxenos raoi, is known to parasitize them.