Heosphora Desertella
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''Heosphora desertella'' is a grass
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 ...
in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by George Hampson as ''Saluria desertella'' in 1918. It is found in Australia. Hampson describes the moth:
Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; abdomen white, dorsally fulvous yellow towards base; Fore wing tinged with ochreous, the cilia whiter. Hind wing white.


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Pyralidae Moths of Australia Moths described in 1918 Taxa named by George Hampson {{Pyralidae-stub