Yorkshire Status: Fairly widespread resident.

This is a moth of "unimproved" hay meadows with pignut. It is doing well at many places in the county but in others is a victim of agricultural practices. It is doing best in the north and west of the county. It is absent from many parts of south and east England for example East Anglia where it is virtually unknown.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded and locally common in all five vice-counties. This species is a good indicator of old hay meadows and tends to disappear where natural grassland sites are reseeded in agricultural areas.

Recorded in 159 (80%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1883.
Last Recorded in 2023.
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