Forewings are elongated. Females deposit eggs singly on the host plant.
Caterpillars feed on leaves and live in shelters of rolled or tied leaves.
Creeks, canals, oxbow lakes, fields, city flower gardens. Argentina north through Central America and Mexico to South Texas. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Opler, P. A. and V. Malikul. A field guide to eastern butterflies.