Hindwing is elongated. Male lacks a costal fold. Females lay eggs singly on the underside of a host plant leaflet.
Caterpillars feed on leaves and live in shelters of rolled or tied leaves.
Fully-grown caterpillars hibernate. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may 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.