Phassodes

Taxobox
name = "Phassodes"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hepialidae
genus = "Phassodes"
genus_authority = Bethune-Baker, 1905
species = "P. vitiensis"
binomial = "Phassodes vitiensis"
binomial_authority = 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.

External links

* [http://www.sciencebuff.org/genera_and_species.php Hepialidae genera]