In the east it is present from Siberia to North China, Korea and Japan,[3] in the south, it covers Asia Minor, the Middle East, Iran,[4] Afghanistan, Middle Asia and Mongolia.

[5] These moths inhabit chalk and limestone grassland, woodland, marshland and gardens.

[8][9] The hindwings are dark brown or also black with a broad yellow transverse band approximately in the wing center and without additional spot closer to the basal area.

[7] In north-west Europe it can be seen from April until the end of September and is capable of having two generations in each season.

Mentha rotundifolia) as a food plant, though it can also be found on other species such as marjoram, Salvia pratensis, Melissa officinalis, Nepeta cataria and Calamintha species.