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Striped Hair-streak
Butterfly.--Dark brown on the upper side, grayish below. The lines are arranged much as in T. edwardsi, but are farther apart, often very narrow, scarcely defining the dark bands between them. The spots at the anal angle are obscure and blackish. Expanse, 1.15 inch.
Early Stages.--Much like those of the allied species. Scudder, in "The Butterflies of New England," gives a full account of them. The caterpillar feeds on a variety of plants-oaks, willows, the wild plum, and other rosaceous plants, as well as on the Ericaceae.
It ranges through the northern Atlantic States and Quebec to Colorado and Montana, but is local in its habits, and nowhere common.