It is found in Europe (from the Iberian Peninsula to the Ural Mountains), western and southern Siberia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, western China and northern India.

The pale yellow forewing has the costa moderately arched.

The base of the costa, and a streak from the disc to beyond the middle of the tornus are ferruginous-fuscous.

[3] Julius von Kennel provides a full description.

[4] The moth flies from June to August, from dusk.