“…It is found commonly across Britain and Ireland, and is particularly widespread in southern Britain, becoming more local north to the Outer Hebrides; it is primarily coastal in Ireland ( Emmet et al , no date ; Parsons & Davis, 2018 ). Globally, the moth is restricted to western Europe, extending south to the Iberian Peninsula, and east to Poland, being replaced by the closely related species Agriphila tolli in the Balkan Peninsula, Italy, and East Mediterranean ( Garre et al , 2021 ; GBIF Secretariat, 2021a ; GBIF Secretariat, 2021b ; Lafranchis & Stefanescu, 2020 ; Maroń & Larysz, 2020 ; Plant & Jakšić, 2018 ).…”