Heosphora
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''Heosphora'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family Pyralidae. The genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. The type species is ''Anerastia psamathella'' Meyrick, 1879, designated as such by George Hampson in 1901. All ''Heosphora'' species are found in Australia.


Species

The species in this genus include:


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q92206414 Pyralidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Taxa described in 1882