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Palpita metallata is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas Congo, East Kasai, Orientale), Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]

Palpita metallata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Palpita
Species:	P. metallata
Binomial name
Palpita metallata (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
Phalaena metallata Fabricius, 1781 Glyphodes ocellata Hampson, 1899 Glyphodes picticaudalis Hampson, 1908

The larvae feed on Funtumia species.

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