Distribution; world
From southern Scandinavia south across Europe to France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albania, European and Asian Russia, and northern Mongolia (Løken, 1973). The species also occurs in Spain. Introduced to New Zealand (Gurr, 1964).:
AL, AT, BE, BG, BY, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IT, LT, LV, NL, NO, PL, RO, RU, RU-EU, SE, SK, UA, YU, IR, MN, NZ
Abundance; world
Declining rapidly in western Europe
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB2 (CR), CZ - RDB3 (VU), DE1 - RDBG (SU), DE2 - RDB2 (EN), DK - RDB4 (NT), EE - RDB4 (NT), HU - RDB3 (VU), NL - RDB0 (RE), NO - RDB1 (CR), EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)