Heosphora

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Heosphora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Heosphora
Meyrick, 1882
Synonyms

Heosphora is a genus of moths in the family Pyralidae. The genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. [1] [2] The type species is Anerastia psamathella Meyrick, 1879, [3] [4] designated as such by George Hampson in 1901. [5] All Heosphora species are found in Australia. [6] [7] [8] [1]

Species

The species in this genus include: [6] [7]

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Heosphora psamathella is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1879, as Anerastia psamathella, from a male specimen collected in Sydney, New South Wales, and was moved to the genus Heosphora as its type species by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Heosphora Meyrick, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1882). "Descriptions of Australian micro-lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 7 (25–28): 158.
  3. Australian Faunal Directory. "Heosphora Meyrick 1882". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. Meyrick, E. (1879). "Descriptions of Australian micro-lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 4 (13–16): 234.
  5. Hampson, G.F. (1901). "Heosphora". Mémoires sur les lépidoptères. 8: 381.
  6. 1 2 "Heosphora {genus}". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. 1 2 Savela, Markku (April 3, 2011). "Heosphora Meyrick, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Heosphora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 2020-04-08.