Ophraella communa can reach a length of in males, of in females. The head is yellowish, with dark brown spots at the back. Body is coarsely punctured. Antennae are dark brown. Pronotum is yellowish or pale brown, with three black or dark brown spots. Elytra are yellowish or pale brown and show dark brown longitudinal stripes.LeSage L., A taxonomic monograph of the Nearctic galerucine genus Ophraella Wilcox (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, vol. 133, 1986, pp. 3–75.
