Pyrausta purpuralis (Common Purple & 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 purpuralis (Common Purple & Gold)

Norwegian name: Purpurengmott

Host plants: Mentha aquatica, Mentha arvensis, Origanum vulgare, Prunella vulgaris, Thymus

Confusion species: Pyrausta aurata (Small Purple and Gold)