Autographa aemula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in mountainous areas, more specifically in the Alps, Southern France, Northeast Turkey and the Caucasus.

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (October 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 10,007 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Autographa aemula]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|de|Autographa aemula}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Autographa aemula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Autographa
Species:	A. aemula
Binomial name
Autographa aemula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua lumina Phalaena chrysomelas

The wingspan is 36–42 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Leontodon, Hieracium, Plantago and Trifolium species.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Autographa aemula.

• Fauna Europaea
• Autographa up funet (Taxonomy)
• www.lepiforum.de
• www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de

This Plusiinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e