Autographa jota

Plain golden Y
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Autographa
Species:
A. jota
Binomial name
Autographa jota
Synonyms
  • Phalaena jota
  • Phalaena protea
  • Noctua inscripta
  • Plusia percontationis
  • Chrysodeixis aurigutta
  • Plusia ancora
  • Plusia bartholomaeii
  • Plusia jota var. baltica
  • Phytometra iota var. gammaaurina

Autographa jota, commonly known as plain golden Y, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The nominate form is found in Europe. while the subspecies Autographa jota anatolica is found in the southern Balkans, south-western Asia, Turkey, the Caucasus, and north-western Iran.