Appearance
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark brown, ocherous along the inner margin, where it is suffused with roseate. At the base of the wing is a white spot containing a dark brown dot, and near the base an oblique white band. About the middle of the wing is a large white spot or indistinct broad band, irrorated with dark brownish and tinted with roseate on the inner margin. Near the tip is a costal white spot and a roseate spot opposite on the inner margin, and a whitish spot at the tip. The hindwings are dark fuscous-gray, cilia fuscous.
Naming
The species was first described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.Food
The larvae feed on clover. They fold the leaves of their host plant.References:
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