Large black eyespot on hindwing is surrounded by an orange patch. Young caterpillars feed together while older caterpillars are solitary. Fully-grown caterpillars pupate and overwinter in cocoons spun in plant litter on the ground. One brood from May-August. Oak woodland, shrubland, and thorn scrub.
Mountain ranges from central Arizona to southwestern New Mexico, and south into Mexico.
GU - Unable to assign rank due to lack of available information. The moths of America north of Mexico, fasc. E. W. Classey Limited and R. B. D. Publications Inc., Middlesex, England. Peigler, R. S. and P. A. Opler. 1993. Moths of Western North America 1.