Phassodes

Phassodes
Six specimens from Viti Levu, Fiji
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Phassodes
Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]
Type species
Phassodes odorevalvula
Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]
Species
Synonyms[2]

Species:

  • Leto vitiensis Rothschild, 1895[3]
  • Phassodes bimorpha Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]
  • Phassodes guthrei Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]
  • Phassodes nausori Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]
  • Phassodes odorevalvula Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]
  • Phassodes rewaensis Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]
  • Phassodes vitensis Bethune-Baker, 1905[1]

Phassodes is a moth genus of the family Hepialidae. As of 2018, it is monospecific, consisting of the sole species Phassodes vitiensis; this species is very variable. It is found in Fiji and Samoa.[4] The life cycle is unknown but the larva is presumed to feed underground on the roots of plants or decaying matter.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference Bethune-Baker, 1905 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Nielsen, Robinson & Wagner (2000), p. 859.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rothschild, 1895 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Nielsen, Robinson & Wagner (2000), p. 824, 831.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Grehan, 2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).