Underside of hindwing is blue-gray with contrasting black veins. Near midday, females lay eggs singly on the tops of host plant leaves.
Caterpillars live and feed within shelters of folded leaves.
Caterpillars of the second brood overwinter in their silk-lined leaf shelters and pupate within them in the spring. Two broods from May-August. Open areas such as gulches, canyons, roadsides, and along railways. A rare stray to South and central Texas. Populations in the United States should be located, monitored, and their habitat needs ascertained.