Archiephestia
Genus of moths
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Tribe: | Phycitini |
| Genus: | Archiephestia Amsel, 1955[1] |
| Species: | A. adpiscinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Archiephestia adpiscinella (Chrétien, 1911) | |
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