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 monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. Its single species, Archiephestia adpiscinella, was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1911.[1] It was described from North Africa but is also known from Spain.[2]

The wingspan is 6.5-10.5 mm.[3]

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