Appearance
The length of the forewings is about 8 mm. The forewings are white with angled lines near the costa. There are black dots along the inner margin of the median line. Adults are on wing between May and September in most of the range, but year round in Florida.
Naming
It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1920.
Distribution
It has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Food
The larvae feed on grasses.References:
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