Pyrausta aurata (Small Purple and Gold)
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Micro-heterocera» (Micro-moths)
Family: Pyralidae (Snout moths)
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species: Pyrausta aurata (Small Purple and Gold)
Norwegian name: Mynteengmott
Host plants: Mentha, Mentha aquatica, Mentha arvensis, Nepeta, Origanum, Origanum vulgare, Salvia, Thymus
Confusion species: Pyrausta purpuralis (Common Purple & Gold)