Phassodes

Phassodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Phassodes
Bethune-Baker, 1905
Species: P. vitiensis
Binomial name
Phassodes vitiensis
(Rothschild, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leto vitiensis Rothschild, 1895
  • Phassodes bimorpha Bethune-Baker, 1905
  • Phassodes guthrei Bethune-Baker, 1905
  • Phassodes nausori Bethune-Baker, 1905
  • Phassodes odorevalvula Bethune-Baker, 1905
  • Phassodes rewaensis Bethune-Baker, 1905
  • Phassodes vitensis Bethune-Baker, 1905

Phassodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only species is considered to be P. vitiensis which is found in Fiji and possibly Samoa. It is very variable and in the past the genus has been split into up to seven species. The life cycle is unknown but the larva is presumed to feed underground on the roots of plants or decaying matter.

References

  1. ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)

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