Charissa obscurata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Gnophini → genus Charissa → subgenus Charissa → species Charissa obscurata
Species name(s)
Charissa (Charissa) obscurata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Geometra obscurata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Geometra obscuraria Hübner, [1799] = Gnophos obscuratus. [9, 10]
The Annulet, Scotch Annulet.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.
Wingspan
25—33 mm.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania Macedonia, Malta?, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part) ?, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].
Imago lifespan
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Calluna, Lotus, Helianthemum, Potentilla, Sanguisorba minor, Geranium lucidum, probably, and other low-growing plants. [28].
- Raspberry (Rubus), Stonecrop (Sedum), Smolka (Silene viscaria), plantain (Plantago), Bellflower (Campanula), wormwood (Artemisia), Lyadvenets (Lotus), sorrel (Rumex), Bloodroot (Potentilla), Sunflower (Helianthemum) [PC93].
Subspecies of Charissa obscurata
- Charissa obscurata argillacearia Staudinger, 1871. [187]
- C. o. calceata Staudinger, 1861. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev, Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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