White-speck - Mythimna unipuncta
Wingspan 41 to 48 mm.
A migrant species.
Recorded in Britain in most months, but most frequent between August and October.
The larva, which is rarely recorded in Britain, feeds on grasses.
It is most commonly encountered in the south and south-west of England and Wales, and southern Ireland, and it is thought to be possibly resident in the far south-west. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as a migrant.
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Pete Leonard
Harby
15 November 2018
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Species profile
- Common names
- American Wainscot, American Wainscot or White-speck, White-speck, White-Speck, White Speck
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Noctuidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 15/11/2018 (Leonard, Pete)
- Last record:
- 15/11/2018 (Leonard, Pete)
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