Yorkshire Status: Common and widespread resident.

In 1907 Porritt wrote "widely distributed but common in few localities". This is very much a woodland moth so less common in gardens than some of the other Orthosia species, and absent from treeless parts of the county such as western upland districts and parts of VC61. In the rest of the county it is a common woodland species in spring, occasionally coming into gardens. Large numbers can occur in broadleaved woodland in spring eg 314 at Ellington Banks on 23.3.2011. The wing markings tend to vary and the twin spots are often faint or absent (f. immaculata) which can fool the unwary.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded widely but only locally common. Never as common as other moths of this group.

Recorded in 142 (71%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1883.
Last Recorded in 2025.
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