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.

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

The wingspan is 20–30 mm.

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

Subspecies

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

References

External links

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• Charissa variegata in Lepidoptera catalog
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