Last modified: Sept. 7, 2023, 3:08 p.m.
A rare and local species in Belgium, mainly recorded from the south.
Native
Hibernates as an fully grown larva in a cocoon underground where it pupates later. The adults come to light and to sugar.
The adults fly from early May till early August in one generation a year.
The nocturnal larva lives on different trees, bushes, grasses and herbaceous plants like: Silene, Calluna vulgaris, Alnus, Myraca gale etc...