Last modified: Sept. 15, 2023, 1:31 p.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Native
Hibernates as a pupa, in a tough boat-shaped cocoon often constructed on the bark of a twig or stem of the foodplant. The adults are active from dusk onwards and later come to light and sugar.
The adults fly in three generations a year; from end April till late September.
The larva lives on various Salix species.