| Aspilanta argentifera | |
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| Holotype specimen of A. argentifera | |
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| Adult female A. argentifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heliozelidae |
| Genus: | Aspilanta |
| Species: | A. argentifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspilanta argentifera (Braun, 1927)
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Aspilanta argentifera is a species of moth in the family Heliozelidae, first described by Annette Frances Braun in 1927.[2] It is found in eastern North America. The larvae are leaf miners that feed on several species of plant in the family Myricaceae.[1]
- ^ a b van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Eiseman, Charles S. (2020). "Splitting the leafmining shield-bearer moth genus Antispila Hübner (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae): North American species with reduced venation placed in Aspilanta new genus, with a review of heliozelid morphology" (PDF). ZooKeys (957). Pensoft Publishers: 105–161. Bibcode:2020ZooK..957..105V. doi:10.3897/zookeys.957.53908. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 32863714.
- ^ Braun, Annette F. (1927). "New Microlepidoptera from Ontario". The Canadian Entomologist. 59 (3). Cambridge University Press: 56–59. doi:10.4039/ent5956-3. ISSN 0008-347X. S2CID 85079685.