SCIENTIFIC NAME: DIACHRYSIA CHRYSITIS
VERNACULAR NAME: BURNISHED BRASS

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION Green with powdery white markings throughout. Slightly hairy and found through the day within a leaf bound with silk.
FOODPLANT Night feeding on Stinging Nettle as well as other Nettles, Burdock, Spear Thistle and Spear-Mint.
SEASON September and April.

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