In the EU it is listed in the Habitats Directive and it is a characteristic species of the Pannonian biogeographic region.
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The majority of its populations inhabit calcareous sandy grasslands from the Deliblat (Serbia: Deliblatska Peščara) throughout the Banat (Serbia, Romania) and sandy areas in Hungary along the Danube River all the way to Vienna (Austria) and South Moravia (Czech Republic).
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Numerous populations occur on acidic types of sand grasslands in the Nyírség area, near the city of Debrecen (Hungary).
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The type specimen is in that part of Fabricius' collection that is at the Zoological Museum of Kiel University.