Yorkshire Status: Local resident.

Burnet Companion is so named because it flies at the same time as the Burnet Moths - except it doesn't! Perhaps it did at some time in the past, but it tends to be on the wing a month earlier, in late May and early June. It is a day-flying species, and it is unusual, though not impossible, to find it in a light trap. Numbers are usually fairly low but in recent years we have received more records. It likes unimproved flower-rich grassland with lots of bird's-foot trefoil, vetches and clovers, usually on calcareous soils, and at good sites can be seen in healthy numbers for example 117 at Barrow Stack (Barnsley) on 9/6/2016. It is very much a moth of the eastern half of Yorkshire, being rarer on the higher ground, and tends to be rather local.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Both this species and E. mi (Clerck) fly in sunshine and therefore are only rarely found in light traps. This may result in under recording in the current heyday of light-trapping. Very local but recorded slightly more in recent years, especially in the east of the County.

Recorded in 65 (33%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1846. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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