Charissa variegata

Etched taupe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Charissa
Species:	C. variegata
Binomial name
	Charissa variegata; (Duponchel, 1830)
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 ;

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.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm.

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

Subspecies

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