Aspilanta argentifera is a species of moth in the family Heliozelidae, first described by Annette Frances Braun in 1927.
The larvae are leaf miners that feed on several species of plant in the family Myricaceae.
[1] A. argentifera can be found in eastern Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec) and the northeastern United States (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Vermont).
[1] Braun's original 1927 description theorized that the host plant for A. argentifera was paper birch (Betula papyrifera),[2] however, a 2020 paper posits that this was a case of mistaken identity, and that the mines on birch leaves seen by Braun and attributed to A. argentifera likely belonged to the larvae of a species of incurvariid moth, Phylloporia bistrigella, instead.
When mature and ready to pupate, the larvae cut out a 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) long case from their host leaf, leaving an elliptic hole.