Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 10:54 a.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Native
The larva, when young, lives in the buds, later on it prefers the flowers and leaves.
Hibernates as an egg, laid in small batches on a twig or in a bark crevice.
The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly from early August till mid-October in one generation a year.