Chersotis andereggii

Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

Subspecies

 * Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps)
 * Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia)
 * Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))

Description
Chersotis andereggii has a wingspan of 29–32 mm. These relatively small moths are generally greyish-brown, with large dark orbicular and claviform markings. Warren states ab. andereggii Boisd. of R. rectangula is  darker, without the grey irroration, the lines not showing paler.

Biology
Adults are on wing from the end of July to the first half of August. The larvae feed on Lychnis, Melilotus and Trifolium species.

Distribution
This species can be found in Europe (Bulgaria, East European Russia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland), in the southern Urals, Turkey, north-western Iran, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, the Altai Mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Baikal, Kamchatka, Mongolia, the Himalaya, the Alps.

Habitat
These moths live in alpine meadows and steppe slopes.