Last modified: Sept. 15, 2023, 6:28 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium, only known from the Kempen. Not often recorded.
Native
Hibernates as a pupa in a flimsy cocoon on or below the ground. The adults are active during the day in sunshine and visiting flowers of Calluna and Erica and later come to light.
The adults have been recorded from late May till mid August in two generations a year.
The larva lives on Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix and Spergula.