This large phycitine occurs from Rye, New York, and the New Jersey Pine Barrens to Key West, Florida, and Brownsville, Texas, wherever the food plants are available. It has also been collected at Indian River Bay, Delaware (Heinrich, 1956: 240) (Glaser, Micromoths).
The larvae feed on pricklypear cactus, Opuntia ssp. (Glaser, Micromoths).
There are 9 records in the project database.
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