It is found from Algeria, Spain and southern France through most of southern Europe to the northern coast of the Black Sea.

In the north, it ranges up to Hungary and Slovakia and in the east, the range extends to the southern part of European Russia, the western Caucasus and Transcaucasia, through Turkey, Lebanon and Syria to Israel.

The larvae feed the leaves of Vitis vinifera, Parthenocissus vitacea and Parthenocissus quinquefolia.

They have been considered an important pest for wine production since Roman times.

This article on a moth of the family Zygaenidae is a stub.