Distribution; world
Widely distributed in the Palaearctic region, from southern Fennoscandia (Aurivillius, 1903; Elfving, 1968), south across Europe to Austria and Switzerland, and eastwards to Russia (Caucasus)(Warncke, 1966), Israel (Warncke, 1969), central Asia, north China and the Far East (Morawitz, 1876; Popov, 1951; Yasumatsu, 1935, 1941). It has also been found in North Africa (Morocco);
AL, AT, BA, BE, BG, BY, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FL, FR, GB, GB-CI, GR, GR-AN, GR-KR, HR, HU, IE, IT, IT-SI, LT, LU, LV, MK, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, RU-EU, SE, SK, SL, TR, UA, YU, MA, DZ, TN, IL, JO, CN
Abundance; world
Although populations are presumed to be large, there is no actual information available on the size and trends of the species, since most of the published records exceed 20 years in age.
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: DE1 - RDB4 (NT), DE2 - RDBV (NT), FI - RDB1 (CR), IE - RDB1 (CR), NL - RDB3 (VU), NO - RDB0 (RE), SE - RDB1 (EN), SE2 - RDB2 (EN), EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)