Wings are brownish orange. Underside of hindwing has white veins, white spots extended along the veins, and black submarginal patches. Females lay eggs singly on or near the host plants.
Caterpillars eat leaves and take shelter in tied-up leaves.
A stray to southwest Iowa and eastern Minnesota. 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. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.