Phassodes | |
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Six specimens from Viti Levu, Fiji | |
Scientific classification
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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
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Phassodes is a moth genus of the family Hepialidae. As of 2018 [update], 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]
The British entomologist George Thomas Bethune-Baker first circumscribed the genus Phassodes in 1905. He included six species, all of which he described in the same work. [1] In 1950, the French entomologist Pierre Viette synonymized Bethune-Baker's P. nausori with P. vitiensis; [6] P. vitiensis was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1895. [3]
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