Heosphora psamathella

Heosphora psamathella is a moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1879,[1] as Anerastia psamathella,[2] from a male specimen collected in Sydney, New South Wales,[3] and was moved to the genus Heosphora as its type species by George Hampson in 1901.[4] It is found in Australia.[1][5]

Heosphora psamathella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Heosphora
Species:
H. psamathella
Binomial name
Heosphora psamathella
Meyrick, 1879
Synonyms

Anerastia psamathella Meyrick, 1879

References

  1. "Heosphora psamathella Meyrick, 1879)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory. "Heosphora Meyrick, 1882". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1879). "Descriptions of Australian micro-lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 4 (13–16): 234.
  4. Hampson, G.F. (1901). "Heosphora". Mémoires sur les lépidoptères. 8: 381.
  5. "Heosphora psamathella Meyrick, 1879". BioLib. Retrieved April 29, 2020.


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