Yorkshire Status: Common and widespread resident.

This species is slightly easier to identify than Marbled and Tawny Marbled Minors, in that richly marked moths with a bright reddish-brown colour are virtually all this species. The safe course of action however is to dissect them. We accept records from experienced observers of typical moths if they have been seen at that site before. New sites, inexperienced observers and atypical moths all need dissecting, otherwise they should be logged as Marbled Minor aggregate.This is another grassland moth and is probably widespread across the county.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This species has not previously been included in a Yorkshire list, yet there are odd records going back several years and it definitely occurs over at least some of the County (see O. strigilis (Linnaeus) above).

	Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 126 (63%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1950. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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