Yorkshire Status: Uncommon and fairly widespread resident.

We are at the northern edge of the range of this spectacular and rather unusual species. It is fairly widespread across low-lying parts of the county and numbers seem to be stable. It is found in a variety of habitats, the larvae feeding in the stems and branches of a variety of broad-leaved trees. Adults are attracted to light but are often found on the outside of the trap rather than inside.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There do not appear to be any recent VC62 records and none at all for VC65. Skinner (1984) mentions Yorkshire as the northern limit of the species' distribution so it may be a real boundary rather than a lack of recording. On map 2 in MBGBI 2, the record from 10km square TA07 (from Harpham), just north of Driffield, is shown as the most northerly in Britain.

Recorded in 90 (45%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1876. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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