Common Wainscot

Mythimna pallens

(Linnaeus, 1758)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Unassessed

Associated assemblage

saltmarsh and brackish marsh 105 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

4,206 since 2000 5,443 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

211 since 2000 254 all time

Earliest occurrence

1897

Latest occurrence

2024

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Buglife.

Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership (now the GLNP).

Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Natural England. Invertebrate Common Standards Monitoring and ISIS Test Data. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Sustainable Caistor.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Mythimna pallens (Linnaeus, 1758) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000009408 (Accessed 09 November 2025).