Yorkshire Status: Rare migrant or wanderer. Extinct resident.

Square-spot Dart is a moth of rocky coastlines, occurring in scattered populations around the coast with the exception of the area between the Scottish Borders and Sussex. In times past, it seems to have been resident in Yorkshire, as Porritt in 1883 said it was "not uncommon" at Scarborough and he also noted a record from York. This was from William Prest who in a list of "captures" in Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer in 1860 said that he had taken this species. William Prest was from York but it is a leap of faith to believe the capture was from York! Since then, there have been records from Spurn in 1949, 2005 and 2006; the last one said to be a "continental one" was dissected. These will have been migrants or wandering moths, though it is a long distance to wander from the nearest populations.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Now restricted to the south, west and north-east coasts of Britain this species was said to be not uncommon at Scarborough (VC62) by T. Wilkinson (Porritt, 1883-86). It was last recorded in Yorkshire from Spurn Point (VC61) in August 1949 by H. N. Michaelis, when one moth was found on ragwort (Michaelis, 1951).

	Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 3 (2%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1860. Last Recorded in 2006. Additional Stats

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