Last modified: Sept. 16, 2023, 3:20 p.m.
A rare and widespread species throughout Belgium, numbers vary from year to year.
Native
It hibernates as a pupa in the soil.
The adults come to light, sugar and sallow catkins.
The adults fly from early March till early May in one generation a year.
The larva lives on various herbaceous plants like Stellaria, Rumex, Vaccinium, also on Salix or Quercus.