Chersogenes brachyptera

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| taxon = Chersogenes brachyptera

| authority = (Walsingham, 1908)

| synonyms = * Ambloma brachyptera Walsingham, 1908

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Chersogenes brachyptera is a species of moth in the family Symmocidae.{{Cite web |title=Chersogenes brachyptera (Walsingham, 1908) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/12212907 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Falck |first=Per |last2=Karsholt |first2=Ole |date=2023-06-30 |title=The Symmocinae and Holcopogoninae in the Canary Islands and Madeira, with descriptions of 13 new species (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) |url=https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/462 |journal=SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología |language=en |volume=51 |issue=202 |pages=269–314 |doi=10.57065/shilap.462 |issn=2340-4078|doi-access=free }} It is found on the Canary Islands.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305192409/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=434361 Fauna Europaea]

Description

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are hoary white, sprinkled with dark stony-grey scales. The hindwings are whitish grey.[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Ambloma_Brachyptera lepiforum.de] {{PD-notice}}

Larvae have been found under the leaves of Lotus sessilifolius.

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Category:Moths described in 1908

Category:Symmocinae

Category:Moths of Africa

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