Phassus pharus

Phassus pharus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Phassus
Species:	P. pharus
Binomial name
	Phassus pharus; (H. Druce, 1887)
Synonyms
	Hepialus pharusH. Druce, 1887;

Last updated December 10, 2023

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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Phassus aurigenus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Costa Rica.

Phassus championi is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is known from Guatemala.

Phassus costaricensis is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is known from Costa Rica, from which its species epithet is derived.

Phassus chrysodidyma is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known to be from Mexico.

Phassus exclamationis is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Mexico.

Phassus guianensis is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Guyana.

Phassus huebneri is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Mexico and Costa Rica.

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Phassus phalerus is a moth of the animal family Hepialidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is known from Mexico.

Phassus pretiosus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Brazil.

Phassus rosulentus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Mexico.

Phassus tesselatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. The type location is listed as New Holland.

Phassus transversus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Brazil.

Phassus triangularis is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Mexico.

<i>Sthenopis pretiosus</i> Species of moth

Sthenopis pretiosus, the gold-spotted ghost moth, is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It can be found in found Brazil, Venezuela and in the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.

References

↑ 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

Grehan, John R. "Hepialidae: Phassus Walker, 1856". Hepialidae (Ghost Moths) and Other Exoporia of the World. With images of Phassus pharus.

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[1] 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.

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