Plain Golden Y

Appearance

The wingspan is 36–44 millimetres .Forewing pale dull rosy, with olive fuscous shading; a brown spot at middle of base: inner and outer lines nearly straight, edged with brown; median area from inner margin to above middle ferruginous brown; a small V-shaped spot on vein 2 and a small round spot close beyond it pale golden; reniform stigma in part brownish edged; subterminal line suffusedly margined with olive brown, except above anal angle; hindwing fuscous brown, the terminal border darker; in the rarer form ''percontationis'' Tr. the two golden marks are coalescent; on the other hand the outer spot, and sometimes both, may be wanting as in the ab. ''inscripta'' Esp. ; in the form ''inscripta'', from the Baltic provinces of Bussia, the ground colour is much darker, especially in the lower part of the median area; a similar dark form, but with the golden markings
confluent as in ''percontationis'' Tr., — subsp. [now species ''Autographa monogramma'' ] '' monogramma'' Alph. is met with in Turkestan and the Ussuri district.

Naming

There are two recognised subspecies:
⤷ ''Autographa jota anatolica''
⤷ ''Autographa jota jota''

Behavior

The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide range of plants, including ''Urtica'', ''Lamium'', ''Stachys'', ''Galeopsis'', ''Eupatorium cannabinum'', ''Vaccinium myrtillus'', ''Salvia'' and ''Senecio''.