Hypargyria Metalliferella
''Hypargyria metalliferella'', the silvered knothorn, is a species of Pyralidae, snout moth in the genus ''Hypargyria''. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888. It is found in Namibia, South Africa, Australia (the Northern Territory, eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales), India and Sri Lanka. The wingspan is 17–22 mm. The larvae feed on the leaves of ''Siphonodon australe'' from within a slight web.Common, I. F. B. (1990)''Moths of Australia'' References

Moths described in 1888 Phycitini Moths of Japan Insects of Namibia Moths of Africa {{Phycitini-stub ...
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Émile Louis Ragonot
Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895) was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the ''Société entomologique de France''. He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths. He is also the author of several books: * Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae (1887) published in Paris * Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae & Galleriidae (1888) * Essai sur une classification des Pyralites (1891-1892) * Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. pp. 1–602 In N.M. Romanoff. ''Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères''. Tome VIII. N.M. Romanoff, Saint-Petersbourg. xli + 602 pp. (1901) Ragonot's collection can be found in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, ...
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