There is one generation per year and the moths are on wing in July and August, flying from dusk.

[1] Eggs are laid singly on the foodpland and the larvae are found from July to September.

[2] They feed at night on touch-me-not balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere), at first making holes in the leaves and later within the developing seedpods.

[1] It is found in Europe, western and central Siberia, northern Mongolia, the Amur region, Khabarovsk, Primorsk, Sakhalin, Kurils, China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

It is one of the rarest species of moth in Great Britain and is found in the Lake District and two sites in north Lancashire.