Yorkshire Status: Extinct

Pale Shining Brown has been in decline for a long time. Our earliest record is from Adwick-le-Street in 1846, and by 1883 Porritt descried it as "very rare". listing records from Askham Bog and Sheffield. The situation deteriorated, and the only records since then were of single moths at Spurn on 17/7 and 21/7/1971. In the south and east of England, it hung on for many years, but numbers reduced all the time and it may already be extinct. On the continent, where its range extends as far east as Japan, it appears to be doing better. The comments below in Sutton and Beaumont with the benefit of hindsight appear over-optimistic as it disappeared from Northumberland and Lincolnshire a long time ago.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: This species was described as 'very rare' by Porritt (1883-86), only having been recorded from Sheffield (VC63) and Askham Bog (VC64). It was not recorded again in the County until 1971, when single specimens were captured at Spurn (VC61) on 17 and 21 July by B. R. Spence. This species has a curious distribution in Britain, being concentrated in the South but having a northern colony in Northumberland. The Spurn specimens probably originated from the South since there have also been recent records in Lincolnshire.

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Recorded in 4 (2%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1846.
Last Recorded in 1971.
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