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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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  1. ^ a b "Heosphora leuconeura (Turner, 1913)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  2. ^ a b 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.