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Archiephestia

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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. It was described from North Africa but is also known from Spain.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyPyralidae

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taxon name
Archiephestia
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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. It was described from North Africa but is also known from Spain.

The wingspan is 6.5-10.5 mm.

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