Yorkshire Status: Local resident.

In 1883 Porritt called Heart and Club "not generally common" and in 1907 added "not common except on the coast", and Spurn is listed with "!!", indicating abundant. It is certainly not abundant at Spurn nowadays, though it occurs in small numbers. This is a moth of dry calcareous grassland and in some sites can be locally common, the largest counts coming from magnesian limestone grassland at Ellington Banks, north of Ripon - 119 on 25/6/2018 being the most caught. Other double-figure counts come from the limestone Dales, though smaller numbers can be found at other sites, particularly in VC61. It can be mistaken for other species at times. Heart and Dart is easy as that has black sunglasses when seen from the front, but it can be confused with Turnip. Heart and Club is a shorter-winged "stockier" moth with a very straight costa. The central "dart" is short and dark, and the basal two thirds of the antennae are pectinate (feathery) compared to the basal half in Turnip. It is often flecked with brown marks and the wing pattern varies considerably. Numbers in the county are probably stable.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This species has extended its range again in the last fifteen years and is now quite widespread in VC61. Elsewhere it has been recorded in VC62-65.

Recorded in 89 (45%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1883. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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