Hypargyria metalliferella

Hypargyria metalliferella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypargyria[1]
Species: H. metalliferella
Binomial name
Hypargyria metalliferella
Ragonot, 1888

Hypargyria metalliferella, the silvered knothorn, is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypargyria. It was described by Ragonot in 1888. It is found in Namibia, South Africa,[2] Australia[3] (the Northern Territory, eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales), India and Sri Lanka.[4]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Siphonodon australe from within a slight web.[5]

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