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Charissa pullata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Geometridae

Genus
  
Charissa

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Butterflies and moths, Gnophos furvata, Charissa obscurata, Gnophos, Synopsia sociaria

Charissa pullata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy (including Sicily), Slovenia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to mid August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Asplenium ruta-muraria, Lonicera xylosteum, Rubus idaeus, Sarothamnus scoparius and Thymus pulegoides. They overwinter in the larval stage.

Subspecies

  • Charissa pullata pullata
  • Charissa pullata albarinata Milliere, 1859
  • Charissa pullata impectinata Guenee, 1858
  • Charissa pullata kovacsi Vojnits, 1967
  • References

    Charissa pullata Wikipedia