Phassus
Encyclopedia
Phassus is a genus of moth
s of the family Hepialidae
. There are 21 described species distributed from Mexico
south to Brazil
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the family Hepialidae
Hepialidae
The Hepialidae is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.-Taxonomy and systematics:...
. There are 21 described species distributed from Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
south to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
Species
- Phassus absyrtus - Brazil
- Phassus agrionides - Brazil
- Phassus aurigenus - Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
- Phassus basirei - Mexico
- Phassus championi - GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
- Phassus costaricensis - Costa Rica
- Phassus chrysodidyma - Mexico
- Phassus eldorado - VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
- Phassus exclamationis - Mexico
- Phassus guianensis - GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
- Phassus huebneri - Mexico
- Phassus marcisu - Mexico
- Phassus n-signatus - Guatemala
- Phassus phalerus - Mexico
- Phassus pharus - Guatemala
- Recorded food plants: MalvaceaeMalvaceaeMalvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
, grasses including sugar cane - Phassus pretiosus - Brazil
- Phassus rosulentus - Mexico
- Phassus signiferPhassus signiferPhassus desmierdechenoni is a species of moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in eastern Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, Sylhet, Burma, Borneo and Java....
- India - Phassus smithi - Mexico
- Phassus tesselatus
- Phassus transversus - Brazil
- Phassus triangularis - Mexico