Autographa pulchrina (Beautiful Golden Y)
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Autographa pulchrina (Beautiful Golden Y)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Owlet moths (Noctuidae)
Subfamily: Plusiinae
Genus: Autographa
Species: Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina)
Norwegian name: Fiolettbrunt metallfly
Host plants: Betula (Birch), Lamium, Lonicera, Senecio jacobaea, Solidago virgaurea, Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan), Stachys sylvatica, Trollius europaeus (Globe flower), Urtica, Vaccinium
Confusion species: Autographa buraetica, Autographa macrogamma, Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota), Scarce Silver Y (Syngrapha interrogationis), Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info