Last modified: Aug. 8, 2023, 6:46 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Native
The species hibernates as a pupa in a cocoon among plant debris.
The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in two or three generations a year, from mid-April to mid-October.
The larva lives on a variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees like Rumex, Geum, Plantago, Humulus lupulus, Rubus, Crataegus, Salix etc...