Last modified: Feb. 20, 2020, 7:49 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Native
Hibernates as a pupa in a tough cocoon underground, sometimes for several years. The adults come to light.
The adults fly in two generations a year; from May till mid October. Individuals of the first generation are more numerous than the second one.
The larva lives on a variety of herbaceous plants but mainly on Sonchus.