Heosphora leuconeura

Heosphora leuconeura is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913,[1] as Poujadia leuconeura from a specimen collected in Darwin in the month of March.[2] The species epithet, leuconeura, describes the moth as being "white-nerved".[2] It is found in Australia.[1][3][4]

Heosphora leuconeura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Heosphora
Species:
H. leuconeura
Binomial name
Heosphora leuconeura
Turner, 1913
Synonyms
  • Poujadia leuconeura Turner, 1913

References

  1. "Heosphora leuconeura (Turner, 1913)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  2. Turner, A.J. (1913). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 24: 118.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Heosphora leuconeura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  4. "Heosphora leuconeura (Turner, 1913)". BioLib. Retrieved April 27, 2020.


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