It is found from the United Kingdom and Scandinavia to northern Spain and Turkey, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan.

Adults are on wing from April to June and from mid-July until September.

In the northern United States, moths of the first generation fly from the end of March to April and those of the second in late May and June.

Here, a third or sometimes even a fourth generation occurs, flying in August and from September to October.

The larvae feed on Sanguisorba minor, Potentilla, Fragaria, Teucrium, Rosa, Dryas octopetala, Rubus idaeus, Rubus icaesius and Thymus.