Annulet

Charissa obscurata

Annulet (Charissa obscurata)
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Charissa obscurata, the annulet or Scotch annulet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe including the European part of Russia and in Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In the mountains it rises up to 1800 meters. The habitat is rocky dry grasslands, boulder corridors, quarries as well as rocky steppe heaths and wine-growing areas. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 4 times across 1 area (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Europe6 July 202613 July 202620 July 20262

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.