Last modified: Sept. 15, 2023, 5:40 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Native
The species hibernates, sometimes more than once, as a pupa in a double-layered cocoon in a bark crevice or among leaf litter or moss.
The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in one generation a year from early May till mid-August.
The larva lives mainly on Acer pseudoplatanus and Acer campestre but has also been observed on: Aesculus hippocastanum, Betula, and Quercus.