Most Helina species are very difficult to identify from a photograph alone, though this species is perhaps the exception to the rule. It is a brown/grey colour with brown spots on both the thorax and on the abdomen. It has a distinctive pair of brown spots on the scutellum.

Various habitats.

Mostly April to August.

Larvae are found in soil.

British status not known.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.