It is found in most of Europe, as well as Turkey, southern Siberia, Central Asia[1] (Afghanistan, northern Iran, western Kazakhstan) and China (Anhui).

[2] It was recently reported from Canada, with records from Ontario and Québec.

Forewings pointed, especially in female rather dark fuscous, paler-sprinkled, often ochreous- mixed in disc, sometimes with a few blackish scales posteriorly; stigmata darker, indistinct, first discal beyond plical; traces of pale fascia at 3/4 faintly perceptible.

[4][5][6][7] The moths are on wing from April to August depending on the location.

This article on a moth of the genus Scrobipalpa is a stub.