Last modified: Feb. 22, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
An extreme rare, local and declining species in Belgium. Nowadays not often recorded.
Native
Hibernates as an egg and pupates in a cocoon under moss or soil. The adults come to light and to sugar and flowers, especially on Calluna and Senecio.
The adults fly in one generation a year; from late August till early October. They come to light and to sugar and flowers, especially on Calluna and Senecio.
The larva lives mainly on Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Myrica gale, Salix, Betula and other moorland plants.