Yorkshire Status: Fairly common and widespread resident.

"Well distributed and in some districts abundant" said Porritt in 1907. It must have gone into decline soon after that as it became an uncommon moth in Yorkshire. In the 1980s numbers began to build up in the south of Yorkshire and it moved north and west. It has now moved almost to the north of Scotland. Although numbers vary a lot from year to year, it is now not uncommon over much of the county though it is less common in VC61 and in the north-west. Like the rest of the genus, it is a grass-feeder; in this case mostly on woodland grasses. Good numbers can occur at some sites for example 48 at Hutton Conyers on 15/7/18.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Locally widespread in the South of England (Skinner, 1984) this species is generally uncommon as far north as Yorkshire. Now recorded from VC61.

Recorded in 129 (65%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1847. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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