Last modified: June 4, 2024, 10:17 a.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
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.