Species: Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina)
Norwegian name: Fiolettbrunt metallfly
Host plants: Birch (Betula), Bærlyngslekta (Vaccinium), Globe flower (Trollius europaeus), Gullris (Solidago virgaurea), Landøyda (Senecio jacobaea), Leddvedslekta (Lonicera), Nesleslekta (Urtica), Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), Skogsvinerot (Stachys sylvatica), Tvetannslekta (Lamium)
Confusion species: Gråbrunt metallfly (Autographa buraetica), Gyllenbrunt metallfly (Autographa macrogamma), Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota), Scarce Silver Y (Syngrapha interrogationis), Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Systematics :
Kingdom | Animals (Animalia) | ||||||||
Phylum | Articulate animals (Arthropoda) | ||||||||
Klasse | 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) |