Identification
Adult: forewing deeply scalloped and with hooked apex, shaded with dark brown in male, yellowish to reddish-brown in female; PM line and small reniform spot on forewing similar in both sexes
[description by Charles Covell]
Hindwing of females scalloped: males smoothly rounded. Compare pinned photographs at
Moth Photographers GroupRange
southern Ontario and New Hampshire to Florida, west to Texas, north to Iowa
Habitat
Deciduous forests; apparently, males are rarely attracted to light
Season
adults fly from April to September
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of oak.
Life Cycle
Larvae build open-ended cases (sacks) in which they overwinter.
Print References
Covell, p. 57, plate 11 #2, #5
(1)
Wright, pp. 124-125, caterpillar and imago illustrated
(2)
Wagner, p. 218--photos of adult, imago
(3)Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - photographs of living and pinned adults
live adult image (Steve Walter, New York)
Maryland Moths adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)
Moths of Canada pinned adult image
Dallas Butterflies pinned adult image (Dale Clark, Texas)
Hilton Pond--photos of caterpillar, shelter
