Charissa variegata

Short description: Species of moth

Charissa variegata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Genus:  | Charissa
Species:  |

C. variegata

Binomial name
Charissa variegata

(Duponchel, 1830)[1]

Synonyms

* Gnophos variegata Duponchel, 1830
* Euchrognophos variegata
* Gnophos corneliata Milliere, 1873
* Gnophos cymbalariata Milliere, 1869
* Gnophos cava Vojnits, 1968
* Gnophos rothschildi Prout, 1929
* Gnophos sicula Wehrli 1931

Charissa variegata, the etched taupe, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1830. It is found in France , the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland , Austria, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine .

The wingspan is 20–30 mm.

The larvae feed on Carex, Thymus, Sedum and Chamaecytisus species.

## Subspecies

Illustration

* Charissa variegata variegata
* Charissa cava (Vojnits, 1968)
* Charissa rothschildi (Prout, 1929)

## References

1. ↑ Fauna Europaea

## External links

| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charissa variegata.

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* Charissa variegata in Lepidoptera catalog
* Lepiforum.de

Wikidata ☰ Q13461751 entry

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