Upperside is dark pinkish brown. Forewing has a lighter brown band along the costa, and sharp pinkish white bands and streaks. Hindwing has a pink patch on the inner margin and pink along the outer margin.
Caterpillars pupate in shallow chambers in the soil.
Tropical, subtropical, and austral lowlands. Strays north to Missouri, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, and Nova Scotia. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Distribution and phenologies of Louisiana Sphingidae. Brown, C. H. 1976.