[2] The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864.

It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to Wisconsin and Ontario.

[3] The habitat consists of deciduous forests.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Fraxinus and Syringa species.

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