The bug is two centimeters in length, gray in color, with a zigzagging whitish band across its back and two distinctive yellowish spots on its anterior pronotum, the identifying characteristic for the species.

[3] It is a pest of many crops in Brazil and it may transmit the plant pathogen Herpetomonas macgheei, a trypanosomatid protozoan.

[3] It breeds in pomegranate and desert willow trees, and the gregarious bright orange nymphs aggregate there.

[3] It is a serious pest of satsuma oranges in Louisiana, causing damage by feeding and by transmitting the pathogenic yeast Nematospora coryli.

[1] Biological pest control agents found to be effective against this insect include the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.