A common species throughout Belgium.

The egg is laid on the axils of the flowers and stalks of Lotus uliginosus, but probably also on other foodplants, like Corylus, Quercus, Salix, Carpinus, Ligustrum and Agrimonium. The young larva lives in a chamber divided into 3 to 5 compartments spun on the underside of a leaf. In later stages it lives on decaying leaves on the ground, feeding in mild weather throughout the winter. Pupation in a cocoon attached to a dead leaf on the ground.

The adults fly from mid June till the end of August. They are active at dusk and later come to light.