Species Details

ABH: 73.291

BF: 2199

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Mythimna pallens

=Mythimna favicolor

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Common Wainscot

Account: Common in grassland, woodland rides and gardens throughout the British Isles. Confusion species include Smoky Wainscot M. impura, which see, and Mathew's Wainscot M. favicolor, which occurs only in saltmarshes from Hampshire to Suffolk. Larva feeds on various grasses, including Tufted Hair-grass, Annual Meadow-grass, Common Couch and Cock's-foot.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 32 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 May (2015) — 15 Oct (1977)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Gramineae.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mythimna-pallens/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1017

Individuals: 1593

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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