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Niphopyralis myrmecophila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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).

The wingspan is about 22 mm.

Larvae have been recorded living in the nests of ants of the genus Oecophylla.

References

1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. repository.naturalis.nl

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