Distribution; world
The World distribution, given by Løken (1973), extends from extreme southern Sweden south across Europe to Iberia, Morroco and Algeria, and east to European Russia. Introduced to New Zealand (Gurr, 1964).:
AT, BE, BY, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, FR-CO, GB, HR, HU, IT, IT-SA, IT-SI, LT, NL, PL, PT, PT-AZ, PT-MD, RO, RU, RU-EU, SE, SL, UA, MA, DZ, NZ, CL, AR
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB2 (EN), CZ - RDB2 (EN), DE - RDBG (SU), DE2 - RDBD (DD), DK - RDB1 (CR), HU - RDB2 (EN), MD - RDB4 (NT), NL - RDB1 (CR), SE1 - RDB1 (CR), SE2 - RDB1 (CR), UA - RDB (D), EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)