Archiephestia

Archiephestia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Archiephestia
Amsel, 1955[1]
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 genus of snout moths. It was described by Amsel, in 1955, and contains the species A. adpiscinella.[1] It was described from North Africa, but is also known from Spain.[2]

The wingspan is 6.5-10.5 mm.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 World Pyraloidea Database
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de


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