Phassodes

Phassodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Phassodes Bethune-Baker, 1905
Species:	P. vitiensis
Binomial name
Phassodes vitiensis (Rothschild, 1895)
Synonyms
Leto vitiensis Rothschild, 1895 Phassodes bimorpha Bethune-Baker, 1905 Phassodes guthrei Bethune-Baker, 1905 Phassodes nausori Bethune-Baker, 1905 Phassodes odorevalvula Bethune-Baker, 1905 Phassodes rewaensis Bethune-Baker, 1905 Phassodes vitensis 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.

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