Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium, only known from the Kempen area.
Native
Pupates in a cocoon in plant debris on the ground. Overwinters as an adult.
The adults are active from dusk onwards . They come to light, sugar and ivy flowers in the autumn and sallow catkins in the spring.
The adults fly in one generation a year: from early September till early November, hibernates and reappears again from late February till mid-May.
The larva lives mainly on Myrica gale or on Vaccinium uliginosum, Salix repens or Populus.