Appearance
The wingspan is 28–35 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–18 mm. Forewing brassy green; the basal patch and broad median fascia, widening at costa, purplish brown; subterminal line preceded by a shade showing deeper green in certain lights; the terminal area paler brown; the three stigmata with dark outlines; hindwing fuscous with the fringe pale; in the ab. "juncta" Tutt the median fascia is more or less widely broken in the middle, the two brassy green areas becoming confluent; - in ab. "aurea" Huene the green is deep golden, with the golden bands confluent; ab. "disjuncta" Schultz, golden with the bands not confluent, while in ab. "scintillans" Schultz the bands are dull blue green.The moth flies from May to October depending on the location.
Larva green, with many fine whitish dorsal lines; sinuous white lines along the sides and a white stripe above the feet. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, such as nettle, "Lamium", thistles and oregano.
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