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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypargyria |
| Species: | H. metalliferella
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888
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The wingspan is 17–22 mm.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Siphonodon australe from within a slight web.[5]
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888". Afromoths. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (April 9, 2009). "Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Common, I. F. B. (1990). Moths of Australia. ISBN 9004092277
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