Autographa pulchrina (Beautiful Golden Y)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Macro-heterocera» (Macro-moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet moths)
Subfamily: Plusiinae
Genus: Autographa
Species: Autographa pulchrina (Beautiful Golden Y)
Norwegian name: Fiolettbrunt metallfly
Host plants: Birch (Betula), Globe flower (Trollius europaeus), Lamium, Lonicera, Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), Senecio jacobaea, Solidago virgaurea, Stachys sylvatica, Urtica, Vaccinium
Confusion species: Autographa buraetica, Autographa gamma (Silver Y), Autographa jota (Plain Golden Y), Autographa macrogamma, Syngrapha interrogationis (Scarce Silver Y)