Yorkshire Status: Thinly distributed or restricted resident.

This species is less common in the county than it used to be. It is probably a victim of our obsession with "tidying up" areas of rough ground, as the larvae feed on goosefoot and orache species which often suffer when waste ground is "improved". Things have certainly altered since Porritt called it "widely distributed and common" in 1883. He would despair looking at what we have done to the countryside and is probably turning in his grave. It is thinly distributed across the county and is a moth of lowland areas, being absent from large areas in the west and north.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Apparently very local. There are odd records from each vice-county except VC65, although it is reported to be abundant in Northumberland and Durham (Dunn & Parrack, 1986) so it may well also be present here.

Recorded in 93 (47%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1883.
Last Recorded in 2024.
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