Seq # 601210020

Charissa pullata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: May 16, 2024, 12:24 p.m.


A very rare and local species in Belgium, hitherto only known from two southern provinces.


Details

Classification
Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Gnophini > Genus: Charissa > Subgenus: Costignophos > Species: Charissa pullata
Vernacular names
Steenoogspanner (NL), Limestone Annulet (EN), La Gnophos tannée (FR), Hellgebänderter Steinspanner (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Breyer A. 1859. Catalogue des Phalénidées. Première partie. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 93–106. On page 105.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Imago 31–36 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a larva.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly from late June to end of August in one generation a year.


Observed on

Substrates:
Herbaceous plants

The larva lives on different species of herbaceous plants such like Coronilla coronata, Genista sagittalis and Asplenium ruta-muraria.

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