Mitrophorus leucophaea is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . They are black, with the scutellum, elytra, the pygidial part and the abdomen entirely covered with minute contiguous flavous or sulphur-yellow scales. The pronotum is also covered with appressed sub-squamose hairs, as well as with a flavescent pubescence, and along the base there is a broad band of scales. The head is pubescent and rugose. The elytra are elongate, sub-rufescent, sub-cylindrical, not emarginate laterally and bi-costulate on each side.