73.016 Autographa pulchrina (Beautiful Golden Y)
fw: 17-20mm; May-Jul in south, Jun-Sep in north; various herbaceous plants; common throughout GB.
Autographa pulchrina (Beautiful Golden Y) §5 male
ID: Forewing reddish brown, extensively marbled pink or light purplish-brown; with a very variable central whitish-golden ‘Y’ (more usually a "v" and a dot) and a characteristic distinct gold-edged partly black ‘8’-shaped kidney mark. A.jota (Plain Golden Y) is similar but shows less marbling of the forewing; its kidney mark is not gold-edged and is therefore indistinct; it has less distinct cross-lines and it lacks the small black blotch proximal to the subbasal line. See Autographa pulchrina vs jota for more information. All other species with a ‘Y’ mark are not reddish.
§1 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 19/06/2010; male
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 20/06/2010; male; fw 18.4mm
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 14/07/2011
§4 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 16/07/2012; male
§5 Silverdale, Lancashire; 20/06/2014; male
§6 Silverdale, Lancashire; 20/06/2014; male
§7 Romansleigh, Devon; 25/06/2016; female; fw 18.8mm; to light
§8 Romansleigh, Devon; 25/06/2016; male; fw 17.5mm; to light
§9 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 19/06/2022; female; fw 17.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 20/06/2010; male; fw 18.4mm
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 14/07/2011
§4 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 16/07/2012; male
§5 Silverdale, Lancashire; 20/06/2014; male
§6 Silverdale, Lancashire; 20/06/2014; male
§7 Romansleigh, Devon; 25/06/2016; female; fw 18.8mm; to light
§8 Romansleigh, Devon; 25/06/2016; male; fw 17.5mm; to light
§9 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 19/06/2022; female; fw 17.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 28/03/2015 (§1-6) | §7&8 added 06/01/2017 | Text amended 20/03/2018 | §9 added 14/10/2022
