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Olive Hair-streak
Butterfly.--On the upper side bright fulvous, with the costa, the outer margins, and the veins of both wings blackish, darkest at the apex. On the under side the wings are greenish, crossed on the fore wing by a straight, incomplete white line, and on the hind wing by a similar irregular line. Both of these lines are margined internally by brown. There are a couple of short white lines on the hind wing near the base, and the usual crescentic spots and markings on the outer border and at the anal angle. Expanse, .90-1.00 inch.
Early Stages.--These have been described by several authors. The caterpillar feeds on the red cedar (Juniperusvirginiana, Linnaeus). It is double-brooded in the North and triple-brooded in the South.
Damon ranges from Ontario to Texas over the entire eastern half of the United States.