Upperside of wings is tan, sometimes with a yellowish or reddish tint. Rings around the eyespots are orange, blue, and black. Underside has contrasting rust, brown, and white markings. Females lay eggs during the following evenings, depositing clusters of 3-8 eggs on the host plants.
Caterpillars eat leaves and spin large cocoons in the leaves of the host plant.
One brood from June-August. Oak woodland and mixed forest. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. The moths of America north of Mexico, fasc. E. W. Classey Limited and R. B. D. Publications Inc., Middlesex, England.