Species Details

ABH: 73.016

BF: 2442

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Plusiinae

Taxon: Autographa pulchrina

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Beautiful Golden Y

Account: Common in woodland, hedgerows, gardens, scrubby grassland, moorland and heathland throughout the British Isles The main confusion species is Plain Golden Y A. jota, in which reniform stigma is indistinct or absent. Larva feeds predominantly on Stinging Nettle, but also on Hedge Woundwort, Common Ragwort, Water Avens 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: 36 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (1959) — 8 Aug (2004)

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-pulchrina/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 518

Individuals: 153

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2020

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