Appearance
The forewings are deep purplish-brown, more or less sprinkled with carneous . A light carneous band starts from the costa near the base, and curves towards the middle of the inner margin, which it occupies to a little beyond the beginning of the cilia, where it curves upwards towards the tip, reaching only half way up the wing.Here, it is approached from above by a somewhat diffuse spot of the same colour, which starts from the costa just behind the apex, and runs down to the middle of the wing. The hindwings are slate-gray.
Naming
It was described by Riley in 1869.
Food
The larvae feed on ''Solidago nemoralis'', ''Solidago altissima'' and ''Solidago gigantea''. They form spindle shaped galls on their host plant.References:
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