Phassus pharus

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

Phassus pharus is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is known from Guatemala. Food plants for this species include Malvaceae and grasses such as sugar cane.

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

Wikispecies 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.

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