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Smoky Wainscot

Mythimna impura

6,750Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May43
Jun950
Jul3,852
Aug1,350
Sep199
Oct11
Nov2
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland829
2Oxfordshire England759
3Argyll and Bute Scotland571
4West Berkshire England525
5Worcestershire England260
6Highland Scotland238
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland163
8Cambridgeshire England161
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland134
10Norfolk England127
11Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland122
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland113
13Suffolk England102
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland89
15North Yorkshire England82
3,952 England1,788 Scotland92 Wales862 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,750
Peak month
July
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Mythimna impura
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,972
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Mythimna
Name with authority
Mythimna impura Hübner, 1808
Described
1808
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2012435 · GBIF 5772210