Mainly Floridian underwing that edges into Georgia and coastal plain (its allopatric sibling bastropi occurs from Texas to Missouri west of the Mississippi River). Larval body pinkish gray, striped, brownish A5 hump, modest lateral filaments, and otherwise similar to the common and much more widely distributed andromedae; unknown yet if these two species are separable as larvae. Recorded on Vaccinium arboreum and Vaccinium stamineum in Florida. The related gracilis and sordida with more brownish body coloration, frequently with darker and prominent brown dorsolateral stripes; gracilis with moderately long lateral filaments but those in sordida usually significantly reduced in length. Larva of bastropi unknown.