Last modified: Sept. 7, 2023, 2:23 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Native
Hibernates as a pupa in an underground cocoon.
The adults come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in one generation a year; from early May till mid August.
Sometimes a partial second generation occurs till late October.
The larva lives on different species of Gramineae, like Molinia caerulea, Brachypodium sylvaticum and Deschampsia cespitosa.