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Smoky Wainscot
Mythimna impura (Hübner, 1808)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2198 / 73.293
Photo © Mick Norman,  29/07/2019 - Gaywood, Kings Lynn

Similar Norfolk Species
Common Wainscot
Mythimna pallens
Southern Wainscot
Mythimna straminea
Forewing: 14-18mm.
Season: One generation June-Aug.
Foodplant:   Grasses.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Norfolk Status
Grassland, scrub, fens, heathland, open woodland and gardens.
Widespread.
Smoky grey hindwing diagnostic among similar Wainscots.

Recorded in 68 (99%) of 69 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1930.
Last Recorded in 2019.
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
12/09/2019127TG13 - Baconsthorpe
05/09/2019128TL79 - Methwold/Foulden
28/08/2019127TG11 - Drayton/Swannington
26/08/2019128TF62 - King's Lynn/Dersingham
25/08/2019428TF63 - Snettisham/Dersingham
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