Identification
Adult: forewing whitish with large irregular dark brown patch in median area; strands of brown project outward from patch to wing edges, leaving intervening whitish areas along costa and outer margin; hindwing white
Range
Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Arkansas, north to North Dakota
Season
adults fly from May to September
Food
larvae feed on leaves of oak (Quercus spp.)
Internet References
live adult images plus description, foodplants, flight dates, common name reference (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
live adult image (John Himmelman, Connecticut)
live adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)
pinned adult image by Jim Vargo, plus photos of related species (Moth Photographers Group)
presence in North Dakota; list (Gerald Fauske, Moths of North Dakota)
presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
