Occurrence in the British Isles unconfirmed. An example of this native from the New World, which occurs from Argentina to the southern USA and as a vagrant north to New York, was found in a collection of insects said to have been taken in the London area and was exhibited at a meeting of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society on 22 May 1946. Wingspan 35-45 mm. Larva feeds on Fig; no evidence of breeding in the UK.
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