TL:

Forewing olive brownish; the costa at base, and an outer and terminal fascia deep rosy purple; the outer band varying in width; a pale line of ground colour between them; hindwing olive with a median and terminal darker band more or less tinged with purple; in ab. fusca Tutt the purple tints are replaced by dark brown; - ab. aenea Hbn. the ground colour is olive grey or fuscous instead of green; ab. suffusa Tutt is a rare form, blackish fuscous with a still darker terminal border.

Habitat

  • Forest bogs
  • Glades
  • Slopes

MU
FU

19 - 20 mm

Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    ČeskyZobonosec zelenavý
    DanskGrøn mølugle
    DeutschKreuzblumen-Bunteulchen
    EnglishSmall Purple-barred
    FrançaisNoctuelle couleur de bronze
    LietuviųRausvažalis plačiasparnis naktin
    MagyarPirossávos apróbagoly
    NederlandsPurperuiltje
    NorskBlåfjærnebbfly
    SlovenčinaPamora horčinková
    SuomeksiLinnunruohoyökkönen
    SvenskaJungfrulinsfly
    РусскийСовка красно-зеленая

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