73.297 BF2194 – White-point – Mythimna albipuncta – ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Adult Macro: CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species – Good photographs maybe required – 
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– Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
– care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required. Confusion Species: The Clay
ID pointers: The confusion species is The Clay, and care needs to be taken in the ID process. A reliable ID indicator is the short and broader wing shape, and a more smaller, stout appearance than The Clay. Varying upper-wing colour of rufous, reddish-brown, or yellowish-brown and on each forewing there is a diagnostic pure white, roughly circular, spot that gives the moth its name of “White-point”. The Clay is only single brooded, late June-early August, and rarely seen beyond mid-August, whereas White-point is double-brooded, flying from May – early June and again Mid-August – October.
Distribution: (First record: 15 September 2015 at Belper ) – (Last record: 25 July 2025 at Rosliston Forest ) – A new first record date for White-point has materialised from some past record data. Dave Evans recorded one at Belper on 20th September 2015, making this the first one recorded for the VC57 and Derbyshire. Then the next record of White-point for VC57 was at The Mead, Shipley CP, when two were light trapped during a Moth Trap event on 13th July 2019 by Darren Clarke. The third record came from Hathersage, on 22 Oct 2022, recorded by the late Claire Miles. At the time it was thought to be the first county record and Claire was sure it was a White-point, but decided to obtain further confirmation from Jean Haxaire and Martin Honey on the Moth Dissection FB group. A fourth record was taken on 26th August 2023 at High Leas, near Matlock, during a field moth trapping session. Possible range expansion, as numbers turning up in Lincs, Leics and Notts. Several more recorded in 2023 and 2024 including one in my garden trap, Melbourne September 10th 2023 and 2 on 20th September 2024.
General Comment: None *** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Forewing: 14-17mm
Last Recorded Year: 2025
First Recorded Year: 2015
Last Recorded By – Neil Ward
Last Recorded General Area – Rosliston Forest
Selected Images: Melbourne – September 20th 2-24 – Tony Davison / Chaddesden – Sept 2024 – Martin Roome / Melbourne – Sept 2023 – Tony Davison© / Hathersage – the late Claire Miles© – 22/10/22 – Hathersage, Derbyshire / Steve Thorpe© – High Leas 26/8/23 / Rosliston Forest 25/7/25 Neil Ward©
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2015 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Mythimna albipuncta
Found 42 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 41 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 1 from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 41 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 1 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Mythimna albipuncta
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Monthly Records By Year:
Mythimna albipuncta
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year:
Mythimna albipuncta
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Mythimna albipuncta
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Recordings By Year: Mythimna albipuncta
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Mythimna albipuncta
AGR: 0.36% | Total % Change: 3.7%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Mythimna albipuncta
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Mythimna albipuncta
Mythimna albipuncta
Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Mythimna albipuncta – 42 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 06/11/2025 | 1 | adult | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC48225315 |
| upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 06/11/2025 | 1 | adult | Ashton, Clive | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46331743 |
| Staveley Derbyshire | SK47H | 06/11/2025 | 1 | adult | Morris, Sid | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46300674 |
| upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 30/10/2025 | 1 | adult | Ashton, Clive | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46182937 |
| Elvaston Castle Church | SK43B | 30/10/2025 | 1 | adult | roome, martin | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46352891 |
| Inkersall garden | SK47G | 18/10/2025 | 1 | adult | Don Cambridge | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45978165 |
| sheffioeld | SK38M | 10/10/2025 | 1 | adult | Turner, Jan | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46069206 |
| sheffield | SK38M | 09/10/2025 | 1 | adult | Turner, Jan | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46069189 |
| Midway, Derbys. | SK32A | 30/09/2025 | 1 | adult | Williams, Michael | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45750370 |
| Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 27/09/2025 | 1 | adult | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC48224945 |
| hallcroft middleton | SK25T | 29/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Ashton, Clive | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44932826 |
| Allestree, Derby | SK33P | 27/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Plant, Stephen | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44851746 |
| Belper, Derbyshire | SK34N | 25/08/2025 | 2 | adult | Newcombe, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC50608835 |
| Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire | SK43A | 25/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Waldron, Robert | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44740718 |
| Belper, Derbyshire | SK34N | 24/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Newcombe, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC50608713 |
| Birch Vale | SK08I | 22/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Hewitt, Jane | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC47544096 |
| Melbourne, Derbyshire | SK32X | 19/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Davison, Tony | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44610640 |
| sheffield | SK38M | 19/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Turner, Jan | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44703951 |
| Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire | SK43A | 19/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Waldron, Robert | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44579694 |
| Chaddesden Garden | SK33T | 18/08/2025 | 1 | adult | loverock, neil | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44581963 |
| Staveley Derbyshire | SK47H | 17/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Morris, Sid | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44648357 |
| Findern, Derbyshire | SK33A | 15/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Hallam, Brian | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44527454 |
| Belper | SK34U | 13/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44470865 |
| Belper | SK34N | 11/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44395287 |
| Belper, Derbyshire | SK34N | 06/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Newcombe, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44353638 |
| Staveley garden SYA | SK47H | 25/07/2025 | 1 | adult | Radford, Mark | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC43837554 |
| Staveley garden SYA | SK47H | 25/07/2025 | 1 | adult | Radford, Mark | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44177848 |
| Melbourne, Derbyshire | SK32X | 20/09/2024 | 2 | adult | Davison, Tony | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38571651 |
| King's Newton | SK32Y | 05/09/2024 | 3 | adult | Soar, Will | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC40387357 |
| Chaddesden, Derby | SK33T | 03/09/2024 | 1 | adult | roome, martin | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38339059 |
| Ambaston Gravel Pits | SK43F | 21/08/2024 | 1 | adult | roome, martin | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38338490 |
| upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 02/08/2024 | 1 | adult | Ashton, Clive | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC37631124 |
| Belper | SK34U | 26/09/2023 | 1 | adult | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35303142 |
| Shirland - Hallfieldgate Lane | SK35Z | 22/09/2023 | 1 | Adult | Mahadevan, Nikki | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC34435640 |
| Stonebroom | SK45E | 14/09/2023 | 1 | adult | Bradley, Jonathan | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35418939 |
| Melbourne, Derbyshire | SK32X | 10/09/2023 | 1 | adult | Davison, Tony | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33042216 |
| Park Head, Crich | SK35M | 03/09/2023 | 1 | adult | Bradley, Jonathan | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35418851 |
| Staveley Derbyshire | SK47H | 03/09/2023 | 1 | adult | Morris, Sid | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC32821666 |
| High Leas Farm, Riber | SK35D | 26/08/2023 | 1 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33497194 |
| Haddon Hall | SK26I | 10/08/2023 | 1 | adult | S.A.Orridge, L.Y.Orridge, M Dale | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35077424 |
| Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 22/10/2022 | 1 | adult | Miles, Claire | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC28565117 |
| Belper | SK34U | 20/09/2015 | 1 | adult | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38605817 |