---
title: "Point blanc"
description: "Mythimna albipuncta — Insectes et araignées. Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/the-white-point
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Point blanc

> Mythimna albipuncta — Insectes et araignées. Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Mythimna albipuncta*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15332
- Wikidata: [Q1306035](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306035)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320878](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320878)

## Names

- en: The White-Point
- de: Weißpunkt-Graseule
- fr: Point blanc
- nl: Witstipgrasuil

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2457), FR (2042), DE (1935), AT (1337), ES (1026), CH (946), IT (604), HU (532), BE (381), PL (372), PT (371), UA (325)

## Summary

Mythimna albipuncta, the white-point, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe and one subspecies is found in Tunisia. It is also found in Asia Minor, Armenia, and Iran, and the northeastern United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythimna_albipuncta

## Photo

![Point blanc](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/the-white-point/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matthew Wilkinson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93831985

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/the-white-point?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).