Yorkshire Status: rare wanderer and potential colonist.

Jersey tiger was formerly restricted to the coast of Devon, but in the early 1990s the range expanded into adjacent counties and along the coast. It was found in London in 2004 and spread rapidly into adjacent areas. It has continued to expand and we are likely to see more records in the years to come.

Our first record was a moth photographed on Buddleia in Leeds on 17/8/2008. This was so far outside the known range at the time that it was assumed to be an escape or a bred moth. The second record was of a moth photographed at Ecclesfield near Sheffield on 29/7/2022. This seems far more likely to be a genuine record of a wandering moth from the population further south.

Recorded in 2 (1%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2008.
Last Recorded in 2022.
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