Narraga tessularia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Russia.

Narraga tessularia
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Narraga
Species:	N. tessularia
Binomial name
Narraga tessularia (Metzner, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
Geometra tessularia Metzner, 1845 Narraga pannonica Vojnits, 1977

The wingspan is 12–15 mm for females and 15–18 mm for males. There are two generations per year. Adults of the first generation appear in May from overwintering pupa. The second generation appears in July.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Artemisia maritima. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the soil.

Subspecies

• Narraga tessularia tessularia (Russian steppe)
• Narraga tessularia ilia Wehrli, 1940 (Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia)
• Narraga tessularia kasyi Moucha & Povolny, 1957 (Hungary and Burgenland)

References

External links

• www.Lepiforum e. V.

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