Autographa pulchrina
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Autographa |
| Species: | A. pulchrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Autographa pulchrina (Haworth, 1809) | |
The Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina) is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe East to the Urals and the Caucasus.Also in the Khentii Mountains (Mongolia) and East Siberia.
Description
- See glossary for terms used
The wingspan is 35–40 mm. The length of the forewings is 17–20 mm.Forewing fuscous purplish, with the dark suffusion stronger than in iota; inner and outer lines more or less marked with pale yellowish, edged with dark brown;the inner preceded by a brown fascia; median area below middle ferruginous brown, with an orange suffusion beneath externally; reniform stigma partly outlined with pale golden; the two golden spots as in iota; submarginal line suffusedly edged with olive brown, except above anal angle; hindwing as in iota; in the ab. percontatrix Auriv. the two golden spots are confluent; the form gammoides Speyer, from the Baltic provinces and North and Central Germany, is darker, with the purplish tint of forewings stronger and the metallic spots united; — buraetica Stgr. is also a darker, brownish grey form, with stronger golden tinge and conjoined spots, from the Kentei Mts. and E. Siberia; in the ab. pallida ab. nov. [Warren] from the Engadine the ground colour is whitish.[1]
Biology
The moth flies in one or two generations in from May to June and August to September in case of a second generation .
The larvae feed on low plants such as nettle, honeysuckle, Stachys sylvatica and Jacobaea vulgaris.[2]
Notes
- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
- ↑ Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
- ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.".
External links
- Lepiforum
- Funet Taxonomy
- Fauna Europaea
- Vlindernet (Dutch)
- waarneming.nl (Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Beautiful Golden Y at UKmoths
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