TL: (1200 m.)
Habitat
- Deciduous wet forests
- Forest bogs
- Forest edges
- Riparian forest_OK
- Riverside meadows
- Stream and river banks
Similar species
44-54 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyKovolesklec půvabný 
DanskGuldplet 
DeutschWasserdost-Goldeule DeutschWasserdost-Höckereule 
EnglishScarce Burnished Brass 
FrançaisPlusie topaze 
MagyarNagyfoltú aranybagoly 
NederlandsGrote koperuil 
SlovenčinaMora zlatolesklá 
SvenskaGuldfläckat metallfly 
РусскийМеталловидка золотистая РусскийМеталловидка шалфейная 
УкраїнськаМеталовидка шавлієва 
中文紫金翅夜蛾 
日本語オオキンウワバ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp Agrimony - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Lamiaceae Salvia Clary
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Plusia chryson Esper, 1789
- Links
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Language Website Authors Japanese Moths Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
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