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Genus of moths

Archiephestia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Archiephestia
Amsel, 1955
Species: A. adpiscinella
Binomial name
Archiephestia adpiscinella
(Chrétien, 1911)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Bignathosia Amsel, 1955

Species:

  • Euzopherodes adpiscinella Chrétien, 1911
  • Bignathosia adpiscinella
  • Archiephestia murciella Amsel, 1955

Archiephestia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. Its single species, Archiephestia adpiscinella, was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1911. It was described from North Africa but is also known from Spain.

The wingspan is 6.5-10.5 mm.

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de
Taxon identifiers
Archiephestia


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