Its range includes most of temperate North America aside from the west coast.

[1][2] Adults have a pink head and pale yellow to creamy white thorax and abdomen.

[2] Eggs are laid on the flower buds of evening-primroses (Oenothera spp.

[2] Larvae go through five instars before burrowing into the ground to pupate and overwinter.

[2] There is one generation per year, with the adult flight period timed to coincide with the bud development of its larval host plants.