North American Ecology (US and Canada)

Resident in southern Southwest in North America with a large migratory expansion range through central North America (Scott 1986). Habitats are OPEN AREAS. Host plants are herb and tree with most known hosts largely restricted to a few species in one family, Leguminosae. There are multiple flights each year with the approximate flight time APR1-NOV30 in the northern part of the range and year round in the southern part of their range (Scott 1986).