Hypargyria metalliferella

Hypargyria metalliferella, the silvered knothorn, is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypargyria. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888.[1] 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]

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

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.

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

References

1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888". Afromoths. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
3. Savela, Markku (April 9, 2009). "Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
4. Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. p. 88 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
5. Common, I. F. B. (1990). Moths of Australia. ISBN 9004092277