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title: "Bleke grasuil"
description: "Mythimna pallens — Insecten en spinnen. Mythimna pallens, the common wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae distributed throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland in the west, through Europe (all of Russia) to Central Asia and Amur to the Kuriles in the east."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-wainscot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bleke grasuil

> Mythimna pallens — Insecten en spinnen. Mythimna pallens, the common wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae distributed throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland in the west, through Europe (all of Russia) to Central Asia and Amur to the Kuriles in the east.

- Scientific name: *Mythimna pallens*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11528
- Wikidata: [Q2552327](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2552327)
- iNaturalist taxon: [356188](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/356188)

## Names

- en: Common Wainscot
- de: Bleiche Graseule
- fr: Leucanie blafarde
- nl: Bleke grasuil

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2915), DE (757), DK (357), FR (306), SE (301), PL (201), AT (168), RU (166), CH (159), BE (105), NL (100), CZ (92)

## Summary

Mythimna pallens, the common wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae distributed throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland in the west, through Europe (all of Russia) to Central Asia and Amur to the Kuriles in the east. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
As with other "wainscots", this species has buffish-yellow forewings with prominent venation. The common wainscot, as the specific name suggests, is very pale, lacking the darker markings shown by most of its relatives. The hindwings are pure white.

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

## Photo

![Bleke grasuil](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-wainscot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cyril Poissonnet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331060535

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-wainscot?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).