Mythimna albipuncta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Species
Last modified: Oct. 17, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
A common immigrant in Belgium, occurring every year and establishing itself regularly.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Hadeninae > Tribus: Hadenini > Genus: Mythimna > Subgenus: Hyphilare > Species: Mythimna albipuncta
- Vernacular names
- Witstipgrasuil (NL), White-point (EN), Le Point blanc (FR), Weißpunkt-Graseule (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 12 (as Leucania albipuncta F.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 30–35 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Bionomics
Hibernates as a larva. They come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two, sometimes three generations a year and have been seen from April till late November, but most observations are from July till September.
