Distribution; world
In Europe its range is very similar to that of P. banksianus, extending from Finland (Elfving, 1968) and southern Sweden, south to Spain and east to Macedonia and Turkey. Also reported from northern Morocco (Warncke, 1972).
AT, BE, BG, BY, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FL, FR, GB, GB-CI, GR, GR-AN, HR, HU, IT, IT-SA, IT-SI, LT, LU, MK, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RU, RU-EU, RU-RUW, SE, SK, SL, TR, UA, YU, MA, KZ
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB3 (VU), NO - RDB4 (NT), SE1 - RDB4 (NT), SE2 - RDB4 (NT), EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)