Yorkshire Status: Local resident.

This is very much a moth of old broad-leaved woodland with hazel and birch on the edges of the uplands in the north of the county. It is quite local and only reported in small numbers, though counts can sometimes reach double figures in good habitat for example 18 at Newtondale on 27/5/2016. There are no recent records from the southern half of the county. It must have been distributed more widely in the past - Porritt labelled it "of wide distribution but seldom common anywhere" and listed sites all across the county.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Very local, but thinly distributed in deciduous woodland over much of the County. Occasionally seen during the day, it has been observed alighting on the ground where it is well camouflaged amongst the dead leaves from the previous autumn (PQW pers. comm.).

Recorded in 43 (22%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1846. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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