Archiephestia

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]

Archiephestia
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)
Synonyms
Genus: Bignathosia Amsel, 1955 Species: Euzopherodes adpiscinella Chrétien, 1911 Bignathosia adpiscinella Archiephestia murciella Amsel, 1955

The wingspan is 6.5-10.5 mm.^[3]