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Burnished Brass

Diachrysia chrysitis

About

A moth with brilliant metallic gold and bronze patches on its forewings that gleam like polished metal. It is a common visitor to garden moth traps.

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Did You Know?

The metallic sheen is structural colour produced by microscopic surface ridges, not pigment.