Skrautygla (Phlogophora meticulosa)

stray from Europe

Comes here often in spring.

I found one this morning close to Reykjavik

Icelandic institute of natural history has several specimens on catalog

First from 1976 - see link for distribution map

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https://www.natt.is/is/biota/animalia/arthropoda/hexapoda/insecta/lepidoptera/noctuidae/skrautygla-phlogophora-meticulosa