Status and Distribution
Local in southern England, very local in central and northern England and a single old record from Pembrokeshire, Wales. Absent from Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Not recorded since 1980 in one third of the vice counties for which records are known suggesting a decline in line with that of its foodplant. Despite this, good numbers of the moth were found in Northumberland for the first time in 2013, suggesting that targeted searches could perhaps yield records from some of its old haunts or new localities.
