Last modified: April 23, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
A widespread but not so common species in Belgium.
Native
The larva lives on the seed capsules of the host plant. Hibernates as a pupa in a cocoon underground. The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in two, sometimes three generations a year; from late April till end of September.
The larva lives on the seed capsules of Silene spp., especially Silene dioica, also on Dianthus barbatus.