The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Widespread in southern Britain.
Regional Distribution
Probably under-recorded in the Cornwall, where it has been recorded in only one 10km square from an unnamed site in north Cornwall.
Habitat & Ecology
Among Gorse Ulex europaeus on heathland or coastal grassland.
Threats
Loss of habitat.
Conservation
None.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.