Last modified: July 3, 2022, 10:05 a.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.