Zenophassus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is Z. schamyl of Georgia and Abkhazia. The larva of this species feeds on grapevines.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Zenophassus Tindale, 1941 |
| Species: | Z. schamyl
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| Zenophassus schamyl | |
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It was named after Imam Shamil, the leader of a nineteenth century rebellion against the Russian annexation of the Caucasus.
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. Bibcode:2000JNatH..34..823N. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
- ^ H. Christoph: Diagnosen zu einigen neuen Lepidoptera des palaearctischen Faunengebietes. Hor. Soc. Ent Ross. (Sankt Peterburg), vol 22. pp308 - 314 (1888).
External links
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