Gortyna flavago (Frosted Orange)
Originator: Dag Øivind Ingierd
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: Xyleninae
Genus: Gortyna
Species: Gortyna flavago (Frosted Orange)
Norwegian name: Tistelstengelfly
Host plants: Arctium, Carduus, Cirsium, Digitalis, Eupatorium, Petasites, Rumex, Scrophularia, Valeriana
Confusion species: Polychrysia moneta (Golden Plusia)