Yorkshire Status: Common and widespread resident.

Porritt described Pink-barred Sallow as widespread and common in 1907 and it has remained so ever since, in fact numbers have risen a little in recent years. This is a moth of wet woodlands and other places where sallows and poplars grow, but it can be seen in a variety of sites and is not uncommon in gardens. Counts are commonly into double figures in good habitat, the most recorded being 54 at Skerne Wetlands on 25/9/2021. It is usually an easy moth to identify, the pinkish-brown head and shoulders contrasting with the yellow thorax and wing bases.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widespread and fairly common over all five vice-counties in damp areas where sallow grows. This species seems to be more common than X. icteritia (Hufnagel) in the east of the County. In the centre there is a marginal balance towards icteritia and in the south and west that species is by far the commonest.

Recorded in 158 (79%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1880. Last Recorded in 2024. Additional Stats

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