Adults are on wing from September to May, with peaks in October and March.

[2] Larvae of subspecies bowkeri and henningi feed on Viscum rotundifolium.

Larvae of subspecies tearei have been recorded on Ximenia afra and X. americana, Viscum rotundifolium and Tapinanthus quinquangulus.

Other recorded food plants include Loranthus species (including L. elegans and L. oleaefolius) and other Tapinanthus and Ximenia species.

The name honours the lepidopterist James Henry Bowker.