Yorkshire Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident.

Porritt only knew of one record of this beautiful species, in Leeds in 1876. It then became quite frequent at a number of sites between 1941 and 1953 before disappearing until the 1970s when it appeared again and spread across the county. It is now widespread apart from the north-west of Yorkshire and has spread up through Northumberland into the south of Scotland. Although most of our records are of moths in light traps, it does come readily to sugar and is often disturbed in the daytime. The larvae feed on poplars and wilows. We usually receive over 100 records per year and numbers seem to be stable.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: After disappearing for several years this species suddenly reappeared in the 1970s and early 1980s and has spread dramatically through vice-counties 61 to 64.

Recorded in 123 (62%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1876. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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