Last modified: June 18, 2022, 2:43 p.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Native
Hibernates as a pupa in a cocoon in a folded leaf of the food plant. The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in two, sometimes three generations a year; from the end of April till early October.
The larva lives on a variety of plants, but especially on Urtica dioica and Humulus lupulus.