Autographa precationis

This morning I went to work and observed a flying insect perched on a concrete pillar in a building, so I took photos of this specimen.

Later, when I got home, I showed her some photos and asked my daughter if she saw anything particularly exciting about this lepidopterous arthropod, and her response was: "It's the wings, it has an alien pattern."

The difference she expected to hear was that it was a nocturnal moth and she had strangely seen it earlier that day.

This flying insect, belonging to the genus Autographa and species Autographa precationis, stands out for its coloration: brown and brown in various shades, with a characteristic white or silver mark in the middle of the forewing with an orange spot around it.

The characteristic sign or mark of this species of lepidoptera resembles an image of an alien. However, I did see the figure of a small man resting on the surface of a large stone, while any diligent entomologist would admire a Greek letter “gamma” (γ) on the wings of this butterfly.

Little is known about the genus Autographa, highlighting that the species Autographa gamma and Autographa precationis are native to Europe, but sightings have been reported in southern North America, Mexico, and Central America because they behave like migratory insects.

In many cases you can only see 2 pairs of legs, as we see in most of the images that I show in this insect guide, but remember that it is an "insect", characterized by a morphological structure with 6 legs on its body. , the hind legs of this species are covered by the forewings and are difficult to see.

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