The Symmocinae and Holcopogoninae in the Canary Islands and Madeira, with descriptions of 13 new species (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae)

We recognize 20 species of Symmocinae, concluding that all belong in the genus Chersogenes Walsingham, 1908 with synonyms Epanastasis 1908, syn. rev., Ambloma nov. and Thanatovena Gozmány, 1957. Thirteen are described as new: variabilis Falck & Karsholt, sp. (Spain: Gran Canaria), pseudocanariensis subextricata Tenerife), gomerae La Gomera), nigra hermiguae mercedella duabusalis Fuerteventura Lanzarote), aguiari (Portugal: Selvagens Islands), coxi Fuerteventura), lanzarotae fuerteventurae indistincta Lanzarote). extricata (Gozmány, 1964), comb. is removed from synonymy (Epanastasis) canariensis (Rebel, 1906) reinstated a distinct species. excellens 1977), nov., synonymized klimeschi 1975), Symmoca Rebel, 1906 eupracta 1988 newly combined 1906), 1988), The following North African formally transferred Epanastasis: arenbergerorum enigmatica n., eremicola erroris 1962), friedeli tunesica vetustella (Zerny, 1935), Two Holcopogoninae, Turatia iranica 2000 Hesperesta hartigi (Turati, 1934) recorded new to Canary Islands. species, C. duabusalis, aguiari, have brachypterous males. Photographs adults shown. genitalia provided. All barcoded. Analyses DNA barcodes show identifications distinctiveness each well-supported genetically isolated.