Forewing upperside is dark olive brown with lighter brown along the outer margin and a tan band running from the wing tip to the inner margin. Hindwing upperside is dark brown with a pale narrow outer margin and a reddish median band which becomes white at the inner margin.
Females lay eggs on leaves of the host plants.
Fully-grown caterpillars pupate and overwinter in loose cocoons in shallow underground burrows. One brood from May-August. Also found in Eurasia. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. A field guide to the moths of eastern North America.