Forewings are pointed, fringe is white. Underside of head and body are white. Underside of hindwing is orange-brown with pale veins and a white anal fold.
Caterpillars eat leaves and live in nests of rolled or tied leaves.
Half-grown caterpillars hibernate. Nectar from flowers including pickerelweed, sweet pepperbush, blue flag, common milkweed, and spiraea. G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Opler, P. A. and G. O. Krizek. Butterflies east of the Great Plains.