Noctuidae : Mythimna pallens - mothdissection.co.uk

UK Family

Hepialidae

Cossidae

Noctuidae: Hadeninae

Mythimna pallens

(Linnaeus, 1758) (=Mythimna favicolor)

73.291

Common Wainscot

[BF 2199] (EU 448380 / 10008)

Note: DNA bar-coding has shown that Mythimna favicolor Mathew's Wainscot is not a distinct species but a sub species/coastal form/race of Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens.

Male Preparations

Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) © Jim Wheeler
Common Wainscot

Upwell, Norfolk 28.ix.2010 (Male)

Ref:5318

Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) © steve jacques
Common Wainscot

Stourport on Severn
16 Oct 2017
Worcestershire VC37

Ref:12377

Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) © Peter Hall
Common Wainscot

Brian Goodey also agrees with the id

Ref:14296

Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) © Nigel Richards
Common Wainscot

Nigg Bay, Ross-shire
Male gen. prep. showing cucullus with apex rounded without sharp point at apex
July 2017

Ref:23734

Female Preparations

Other Preparation Images

Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) © Brian Goodey
Common Wainscot

Comparison between Mythimna pallens and M. impura females

Ref:4567

Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) © Mike Bailey
Common Wainscot

Comparison between Mythimna pallens and M. impura

Ref:4568

Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) © Brian Goodey
Common Wainscot

Comparison between Mythimna pallens and M. impura

Ref:9248

Adult Images

Mythimna pallens © Paul Kitchener
Common Wainscot

Ipswich, Suffolk, 1 September 2014

Ref:8662

Iken Cliff, Suffolk, 1 June 2014

Ref:8663

29-05-2011 Loosley Row, Bucks.

Ref:9618

Immature Stages

Other Images

Links

Further info: Mythimna pallens

- UK Moths

- NBN Atlas

- Fauna Europaea

- Lepiforum.de

- Svenska fjarilar

- microlepidoptera.nl

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