Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 12:34 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Native
Hibernates mainly as a pupa in an underground cocoon, and sometimes as a larva, which can be found at any time of the year, but mainly in late summer and autumn.
The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in two or sometimes three overlapping generations a year from mid-April till mid-October.
The larva lives mainly on Brassica but also on other herbaceous plants and deciduous trees like Salix and Quercus. It can become a pest.