Phassus pharus

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.

Phassus pharus
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P. pharus
Binomial name
Phassus pharus
(H. Druce, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Hepialus pharus H. Druce, 1887

References

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.


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