Last modified: March 3, 2024, 6:28 p.m.
A new species for Belgium in 2020 in WV.
Invasive
For your information, to the best of our knowledge, the first 10 Belgian observations (if any) are listed here:
1) 1 ex. on 10.xi.2020 at Heist (WV), leg. J. Debuck & V. Goethals.
2) 1 ex. on 19.x.2021 at Oostende (WV), leg. W. Decock.
3) 1 ex. on 01.xi.2022 at De Haan (WV), leg. J. Demey.
4) 1 ex. on 14.x. 2023 at Koksijde (WV), leg. J. Cooreman.
Overwinters as an egg. The caterpillars rest for a long time in the cocoon and pupate not until August/September. The adults come to light.
It is a very late autumn flyer, on the wing from October till December.
The larval foodplant is evergreen oak.