''Epischnia thewysi'' is a species of

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

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'' R ...

''. It was described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2002 and is known from

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

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Moths described in 2002 Phycitini Endemic fauna of Morocco Moths of Africa {{Phycitini-stub