Yorkshire Status: Very rare and very local migrant/wanderer.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: A scarce but regular immigrant to southern England which seldom occurs as far north as Yorkshire.

VC63. Wath-on-Dearne, one male to MV light 5.9.1958 (Seago, 1959).

Beaumont, 2002: This is only the second Yorkshire record of this immigrant moth.

VC63. Wintersett Country Park, 1.10.2000 (PSm, PM et al.).

Argus 47, 2001-2004: Amazingly this is the second consecutive year that this scarce immigrant has been recorded at this site. All three county records are from inland localities in VC63.

VC63. Wintersett Country Park, 14.10.2001 (PSm, PM et al.).

Argus 54, 2007: Although this is the fourth county record of this immigrant moth, surprisingly it is the first from a coastal locality, all three previous records having been from VC63.

VC61. Spurn NNR, 1.8.2007 (BRS). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

Argus 69, 2013: This immigrant moth has appeared more frequently during the past two years, previous records were all from the south of Yorkshire in vice-counties 61 & 63.

VC65. Hutton Conyers, 25.10.2013 (CHF). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

Argus 72, 2014: There were four records of this immigrant moth in 2014 but two additional records from 2013 bring the total for that year to five.

VC64. Tadcaster, 31.10.2014 (DBa). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

Recorded in 33 (17%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1958. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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