It is known from France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[2] It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic realm (including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and the Near East.

Adults are on wing from August to June and hibernate from October to April.

The larvae are known to feed on Ulmus and Salix species.

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