General distribution: Nevada, S. to New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California.
Distribution in New Mexico: Bernalillo, Catron, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Socorro, Valencia.
Habitat: Desert.
Host: Probably grasses and forbs.
Adults Present: July-December.
Notes: Differs from D. haydeni by having rounded posterior pronotal margins. A banded wing with yellow basal area on hind wings. Not economically important.
Reference: Otte 1984.
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