Distribution; world
A rare central and southern European species, its range extending from Denmark south to Spain (Dylewska, 1987), and east to Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. It has also been found in Turkey (Warncke, 1981); in the European parts of the former USSR. (Dylewska, 1987); and reported from Tunisia (Warncke, 1981).
AL, AT, BG, BY, CH, CZ, DE, *DK, ES, FL, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IT, IT-SA, LT, LV, MD, MK, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, RU-EU, SK, SL, TR, UA, *TN, IL
Abundance; world
In parts of its range it is rare (e.g., Ukraine) but in other parts of its range it can be locally common (e.g., Germany and Great Britain). The population trends across the whole range are not known. Overall it is assumed that the species has a large population, despite regional and local differences in abundance.
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB3 (VU), CZ - RDB2 (EN), DE1 - RDB2 (EN), DE2 - RDB2 (EN), GB - RDB3 (R), SL - RDB1-2 (EN), EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)