Beautiful Golden Y

Autographa pulchrina

Fairly common and widespread over most of Britain.

Mainly nocturnal.

The Caterpillars are green and have yellowish white, slightly wavy lateral stripes.

The Larvae, which feed on low plants, overwinter in this stage, and pupate in May or June.

Forewing fuscous purplish, with the dark suffusion stronger than in iota; inner and outer lines more or less marked with pale yellowish, edged with dark brown;the inner preceded by a brown fascia; median area below middle ferruginous brown, with an orange suffusion.

The Moth flies in one or two generations in from May to June and August to September in case of a second generation.