Lithophane socia, the pale pinion, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

Forewing broader than in L. semibrunnea Haw., with a blackish streak from base below cell; the inner marginal area not so completely darker; the stigmata plainer, pale ochreous, conversely oblique, the reniform reaching below median and edged below with a thick black line; a more or less plain dark median shade; black wedge-shaped marks before submarginal line; ab.

of which pallida Tutt seems to be only an extremely pale, less-marked, form, is more uniform ochreous brown, without dark suffusion; rufescens Tutt is a much rarer form, from the West of England and Ireland, in which the ochreous is suffused with rosy.

[1] Also see Noctuidae Europaeae[2] Adults are on wing in October and November, and again after hibernation in early spring, when breeding occurs.

Adults are attracted to Hedera helix blossom and decaying fruit, including Rubus fruticosus.