Last modified: Oct. 18, 2023, 12:13 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium. First observation in WV on 31 August 2006. Nowadays mainly confined close to the French border in West-Vlaanderen.
Native
It hibernates as a larva and pupates in a slight cocoon among needles on the foodplant.
The adults are active from dusk onwards and later come to light.
The adults fly in one generation a year, as early as May till October, but usually seen during August and September.
The larva lives on various (cultivated) coniferous trees like Cupressus or Juniperus.