Forewing outer margin is deeply scalloped. Forewing upperside is light brown with dark brown markings and a small black and white spot near the tip. Hindwing is orange-brown with a dark brown outer margin and median line.
Caterpillars pupate in shallow burrows in the soil.
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. Covell Jr., C. V. 1984. A field guide to the moths of eastern North America. Fleming, R. C. 1970.