The larvae of both consors and epione are quite similar and overlap in pattern, but can be separated readily from all other Juglandaceae-feeding Catocala on morphology, except for the occasional lightly marked piatrix (whose foodplants are essentially non-overlapping). Larvae of consors and epione are light to medium gray in ground color, with stippled obscure lines, no A5 saddle patch, no A5/A8 protuberance, no lateral filaments, small white dorsal and dorsolateral pinnacula, tapered smooth body; head capsule with wide and crisply margined black lateral bands extending and connecting across top, reddish gray lobes and frons and side striping; venter ground color off-white, numerous small dark stipples throughout, black spots on segments typically elongated above/below A3-A6. Preserved specimens of mature consors at Yale Peabody Museum have either a thin black central line connecting all ventral spots (n=1), or just A1-A5 (n=1), or no line (n=3); none of the epione (n=44) have lines. Both species are fond of sandy/scrubby habitats, although epione also occurs in wooded areas. Foodplants include various non-pecan (Carya [Eucarya]) hickories; in quantitative sampling epione was found commonly on each of Carya ovata, Carya glabra and Carya tomentosa and overwhelmingly on small trees (Gall, 1991).