It is found from the Santa Rita, Patagonia, Atascosa and Huachuca mountains of southern Arizona south into Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua in Mexico.

Wings vary from yellow to purple brown.

Adults are on wing from July to August.

[1] The larvae feed on Quercus oblongifolia, Quercus emoryi and Sapindus saponaria drummondii.

This article on a moth of the family Saturniidae is a stub.