Phassus pharus is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is known from Guatemala.[1] Food plants for this species include Malvaceae and grasses such as sugar cane.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Phassus |
Species: | P. pharus
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Binomial name | |
Phassus pharus (H. Druce, 1887)
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References
edit- ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
External links
editWikispecies has information related to Phassus pharus.
- Grehan, John R. "Hepialidae: Phassus Walker, 1856". Hepialidae (Ghost Moths) and Other Exoporia of the World. With images of Phassus pharus.