Yorkshire Status: Fairly common resident.

Like its sister species, records have increased considerably since 2005. Before this date, it appeared to be the commoner of the two in the county, but has now been overtaken by pyramidea though numbers may have reduced a little in recent years. It currently seems to be widespread over much of the county. Nationally, both species are doing well and expanding into Scotland. To separate these two species, see the comments under pyramidea.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Previously very rare and of sporadic appearance in the County (YNU, 1970), Copper Underwings started appearing regularly in the late 1970s. Except for those mentioned above, all specimens examined so far have proved to be A. berbera. However, since the two species were only separated in 1968, many early specimens were submitted as A. pyramidea (Linnaeus) due to uncertainty of distinguishing them.

Recorded in 126 (63%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1960. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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