''Epischnia prodromella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Epischnia ''Epischnia'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species *''Epischnia adultella'' Zeller, 1848 *''Epischnia agnieleae'' Leraut, 2003 *''Epischnia albella'' Amsel, 1954 *''Epischnia aspergella'' Ragonot ...

''. It was described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1799, and is known from North Africa and most of Europe, except

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and the

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. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 28–35 mm.

References

Moths described in 1799 Phycitini Moths of Europe Moths of Asia {{Phycitini-stub