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The Burnished Brass ''(Diachrysia chrysitis)'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, the Caucasus, Russia, Russian Far East and Siberia. In the South of Europe the range extends to southern Spain, southern Italy and the Balkan peninsula. It is lacking on most of the Greek Islands. In the North it extends into almost to the Arctic circle and far North Russia. In the East the range extends to the Amur region and Japan. ==Description== :''See glossary for terms used'' 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.〔Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diachrysia chrysitis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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