Leucania comma
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The shoulder-striped wainscot (Leucania comma) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. Some authors place it in the genus Mythimna. It is found throughout Europe and in Russia to the west of the Urals.
The forewings of this species share the pale buffish ground colour and prominent venation of other "wainscots" but has much stronger dark markings than most of its relatives, including a thick black basal streak which gives it its common name. The hindwings are dingy grey or brown with lighter fringes.
The wingspan is 35–42 mm. Forewing drab grey, suffused, except along costa and inner margin, and in an oblique fascia-form submarginal area, with blackish, the veins and folds remaining pale; a whitish lunule on discocellular: the pale submarginal fascia externally throw's off pale teeth along the veins to termen, the wedge shaped intervals being filled in with black; a long black streak from base below cell; median vein white, with only a small white spot at end of cell and a minute black point above it; veins whitish with black terminal streaks in the intervals. Hindwing dark greyish, fuscous... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shoulder-Striped Wainscot sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 129th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Shoulder-Striped Wainscot in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shoulder-Striped Wainscot sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Shoulder-Striped Wainscot sightings, Mercantour National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, under 5%) and Wadden Sea National Park (Germany, under 5%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Shoulder-Striped Wainscot that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Brown-Line Bright-Eye (about 20%), Shears (about 20%) and Large Yellow Underwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shoulder-Striped Wainscot is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (23 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
