Noctuidea : Plusiinae
Burnished Brass
DIACHRYSIA chrysitis ( Linnaeus,1758)
Burnished Brass
DIACHRYSIA chrysitis ( Linnaeus,1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 35 - 43mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe (less some Mediterranean Islands) : Caucasus : Siberia : Ussuri
UK Distribution: Well distributed and fairly frequent throughout Britain including Scilly Isles,Isle of Man,Hebrides and Orkney's, Ireland and the Channel Isles.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Gardens : Hedgerows : River Banks : Woodland Edge : Rough Grassland
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon on the underside of a leaf of the food plant
Overwinters as: Small Larva
Observations: This moth is unmistakeable with its hook like shaped forewing with brassy yellow or brassy green markings which give the moth its vernacular name.There are two distinct forms for this moth, the most common being f. juncta Tutt, 1892, which is identified by the broken brown median marking which allows the two "brassy" sections to merge. The less common form is f.aurea Huene,1901 where the two brown median patches join, leaving two separate brassy forewing areas.
The second generation moths that appear in August/September/October/November are generally smaller than the first generation specimens.
The moth flies from dusk when it can be found feeding on plants like Red Valerian and Honeysuckle and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe (less some Mediterranean Islands) : Caucasus : Siberia : Ussuri
UK Distribution: Well distributed and fairly frequent throughout Britain including Scilly Isles,Isle of Man,Hebrides and Orkney's, Ireland and the Channel Isles.
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Noctua) chrysitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Diachrysia orichaicea Fabricius, sensu Hübner, [1821]
- Italy - Central (Female of species chryson,misidentified type species)
Habitat: Gardens : Hedgerows : River Banks : Woodland Edge : Rough Grassland
Similar Species -
- Slender Burnished Brass - Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
- Scarce Burnished Brass - Diachrysia chryson (Esper, 1798)
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon on the underside of a leaf of the food plant
Overwinters as: Small Larva
Observations: This moth is unmistakeable with its hook like shaped forewing with brassy yellow or brassy green markings which give the moth its vernacular name.There are two distinct forms for this moth, the most common being f. juncta Tutt, 1892, which is identified by the broken brown median marking which allows the two "brassy" sections to merge. The less common form is f.aurea Huene,1901 where the two brown median patches join, leaving two separate brassy forewing areas.
The second generation moths that appear in August/September/October/November are generally smaller than the first generation specimens.
The moth flies from dusk when it can be found feeding on plants like Red Valerian and Honeysuckle and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Apiaceae - Umbelliferae - Umbellifer Family
- Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock
- Cirsium vulgare - Common Thistle - Spear Thistle
- Hypochaeris maculata - Spotted Hawkweed
- Taraxacum officinale - Common Dandelion
- Boraginaceae - Borage - Forget-me-not Family
- Cynoglossum officinale - Hound's Tongue
- Echium vulgare - Viper's Bugloss
- Pulmonaria mollis - Lungwort
- Symphytum officinale - Common Comfrey
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Trifolium repens - White Clover - Dutch Clover
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Galeopsis tetrahit - Common Hemp Nettle
- Lamium album - White Dead Nettle
- Lycopus europaeus - Gypsywort
- Marrubium vulgare - White Horehound
- Origanum vulgare - Oregano - Wild Marjoram - Sweet marjoram
- Stachys sylvatica - Hedge Woundwort
- Urticaeae - Nettle Family
- Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle - Common Nettle
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Plusiinae Plusiini DIACHRYSIA Hübner, [1821] Diachrysia chrysitis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Diachrysia orichaicea Fabricius, sensu Hübner, [1821] - PHALAENA (Noctua) chrysitis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Plusia chrysitis = disjunctaurea Spuler, 1907 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.513 - n.90 - Italy - Central (Female of species chryson,misidentified type species) |