It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October, but are mainly found between April and August.

[1] The larvae feed on Quercus species.

It was previously listed as a subspecies or even colour variant of Meganola minuscula.

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