Species Details

ABH: 73.017

BF: 2443

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Plusiinae

Taxon: Autographa jota

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Plain Golden Y

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats, including woodland, downland, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles The main confusion species is Beautiful Golden Y A. pulchrina, in which reniform stigma dark purplish brown, dorsal half at least finely outlined pale golden (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on a wide variety of plants, including Stinging Nettle, White Dead-nettle, Red Dead-nettle, Hogweed and Honeysuckle.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 39 — 45 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2009) — 14 Sep (1985)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Lonicera sp., Urtica sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/autographa-jota/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 305

Individuals: 83

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2019

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