Chersogenes brachyptera

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Chersogenes brachyptera is a species of moth in the family Symmocidae.[1][2] It is found on the Canary Islands.[3]

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Chersogenes brachyptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Chersogenes
Species:
C. brachyptera
Binomial name
Chersogenes brachyptera
(Walsingham, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Ambloma brachyptera Walsingham, 1908
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Description

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are hoary white, sprinkled with dark stony-grey scales. The hindwings are whitish grey.[4]

Larvae have been found under the leaves of Lotus sessilifolius.

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