Autographa pulchrina

Taxobox
name = Autographa pulchrina


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Noctuidae
subfamilia = Plusiinae
genus = "Autographa"
species = "A. pulchrina"
binomial = "Autographa pulchrina"
binomial_authority = Haworth, 1809The Beautiful Golden Y "(Autographa pulchrina)" is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe and the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 35-40 mm. The length of the forewings is 17-20 mm. The moth flies in one or two generations in from May to June and August to September in case of a second generation ref|flight_season.

The larvae feed on low plants such as nettle, honeysuckle, stachys sylvatica and jacobaea vulgaris.

Notes

#Note|flight_season"The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range."

External links

* [http://www.vlindernet.nl/?soortcode=AUTOPULC Vlindernet nl]
* [http://waarneming.nl/soort.php?id=9018 waarneming.nl nl]
* [http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Apulchrina.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium]
* [http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=19 Beautiful Golden Y at UKmoths]