Upperside of forewing is brown to light yellow, with the outer half darker and ranging from brown to purple. Upperside of hindwing is orange to yellow with a red patch near the base. Females lay eggs the following 3 evenings. Young caterpillars perch on the undersides of petioles and feed on the leaf bases. Older caterpillars cut through petioles partway and bend down the leaves in order to feed on them.
Caterpillars pupate and overwinter in burrows in the ground.
Several flights from March-November. The lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and south into Mexico. Most of the untouched thorn forest is protected in state or national refuges. GU - Unable to assign rank due to lack of available information. The moths of America north of Mexico, fasc.