It was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1865.

[1] The species is found in eastern North America from Minnesota to New Brunswick and south to South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

[2][1] The wingspan is about 30 mm for males; females are wingless.

The larvae feed on Salix, Quercus, Tilia, Ulmus, Betula, Acer rubrum, and Hamamelis virginiana.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae is a stub.