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Silver Y
Autographa gamma
Owlet moths
(Noctuidae)
The white Y is striking.
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A white golden Y shape on the front wings which are grey-brown marked, sometimes a little purple in colour and can be very variable. The rear wings are yellow-brown striped with a darker rear edge. On the head a large crest with two smaller crests just behind. Mostly found sitting with the wings folded like a tent, on flowers the wings can be open to fleeing fast. ⇔ wsp. 35-40 mm A migratory butterfly wintering in south Europe. The eggs and pupae winter in central Europe provided it is a mild winter.
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< 40 mm
Folded
Without knob
15-40 mm
Hairy
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Night
1 LookAlikes (LA):
Tomato Looper
Silver Y
Gamma-uil
Gammaeule
Gamma
Autographa gamma [L.]
Autographa gamma [L.]
Autographa gamma [L.]
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