''Epacternis porphyraspis'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...

in the genus ''

Epacternis ''Epacternis'' is a genus of Pyralidae, snout moths. It was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1933. Species * ''Epacternis alluaudalis'' Leraut, 2011 * ''Epacternis flavimedialis'' (Hampson, 1906) * ''Epacternis mabokealis'' Leraut, 2011 * ''Epacterni ...

''. It was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

in 1933. It is found in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

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Moths described in 1933 Pyralinae {{Pyralinae-stub