Autographa metallica, the shaded gold spot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875.

It is found in western North America from the southern Alaska coast and the Queen Charlotte and Vancouver Islands south to central California, east to the Alberta-British Columbia border and south in the Rocky Mountains to central Colorado.

Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location.

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