Diachrysia chryson

Diachrysia chryson
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diachrysia
Species:
D. chryson
Binomial name
Diachrysia chryson
(Esper, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Plusia chryson
  • Phytometra chryson
  • Autographa chryson
  • Phalaena chryson
  • Phalaena aerifera

Diachrysia chryson, the scarce burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugen Johann Christoph Esper in 1789. It is found in central and southern Europe (including the southern part of the British Isles), Asia Minor across the Palearctic to Japan.