From late March to late April, this was the most common medium-sized noctuid at a porchlight at the Refuge. Main characters seem to be: (1) sharply demarcated brown to ruddy brown head and "collar", (2) pale reniform spot surrounded sharply on lower half by dark brown smudge, creating on the folded wiings the appearance of the letters "J" and "C", (3) pale oblique subapical bar on slightly darker apical ground color. Individuals vary in the boldness of markings, but the "JC" pattern is usually conspicuous. Dark areas on many other noctuids are often situated between orbicular and reniform spots, unlike this pattern.