Charissa pullata

Charissa pullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Charissa
Species: C. pullata
Binomial name
Charissa pullata
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra pullata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Gnophos pullata
  • Gnophos albarinata Milliere, 1859
  • Gnophos impectinata Guenee, 1858
  • Gnophos kovacsi Vojnits, 1967

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.[2]

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

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