The other occurrence areas include Turkestan, Anatolia, the Middle East and Iraq.

[1] The larvae are pale ochreous, clouded with darker; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish, irregular, with oblique pale darker-edged streaks between; spiracles reddish above a yellow line above the feet; on the 11th segment, there is a yellowish-white black-edged transverse stripe.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants in the early stages (Salix, Alnus, Rumex, Senecio, Taraxacum) and later on various deciduous trees and shrubs.

[4] It is mainly found near water, i.e. in river lowlands, floodplains, moors, as well as in the banks of streams, ponds and lakes.

It mostly lives near water, in river valleys, meadows, bogs, as well as in the shore areas of streams, ponds and lakes.