Niphopyralis myrmecophila

Niphopyralis myrmecophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Niphopyralis
Species:	N. myrmecophila
Binomial name
	Niphopyralis myrmecophila; (Roepke, 1916)
Synonyms
	Wurthia myrmecophila Roepke, 1916 ;

Niphopyralis myrmecophila is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Roepke in 1916. It is found in Indonesia (Java).^[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are glossy snow-white, the forewings with indistinct black markings.

Larvae have been recorded living in the nests of ants of the genus Oecophylla.^[2]

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