Habitat
- Coniferous forests
- Forest clearings
- Forest edges
- Salt flats
- Sandy terrain
36-49 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyTravařka ozdobná 
DanskGrøn pragtugle 
DeutschMalachiteule 
Eesti keelJaspisöölane 
FrançaisOrgueilleuse 
LietuviųSmaragdinis smiltinukas 
MagyarBuckabagoly 
NorskGrønnbåndet Rotfly 
PolskiKrzyżówka malachitówka PolskiPaciepnica malachitówka 
SlovenčinaSivkavec malachitový 
SuomeksiJaspisyökkönen 
SvenskaGrönt rotfly 
РусскийСовка роскошная 
УкраїнськаСовка розкішна 
中文干纹冬夜蛾 
日本語コンゴウミドリヨトウ 
한국어십자무늬밤나방
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Poaceae Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal Grass Poaceae Calamagrostis epigeios Wood Small-reed Poaceae Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted hairgrass Poaceae Nardus stricta Matgrass
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Staurophora viridis Stephens, 1829 Staurophora immaculata Staudinger, 1871 Staurophora tenuis Warren, 1911
- Links
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Language Website Authors 
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
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