| Phassus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Phassus Walker, 1856 |
| Species | |
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Phassus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 21 described species distributed from Mexico south to Brazil.
Species
- Phassus absyrtus - Brazil
- Phassus agrionides - Brazil
- Phassus aurigenus - Costa Rica
- Phassus basirei - Mexico
- Phassus championi - Guatemala
- Phassus costaricensis - Costa Rica
- Phassus chrysodidyma - Mexico
- Phassus eldorado - Venezuela
- Phassus exclamationis - Mexico
- Phassus guianensis - Guyana
- Phassus huebneri - Mexico
- Phassus marcius - Mexico
- Phassus n-signatus - Guatemala
- Phassus phalerus - Mexico
- Phassus pharus - Guatemala
- Recorded food plants: Malvaceae, grasses including sugar cane
- Phassus pretiosus - Brazil
- Phassus rosulentus - Mexico
- Phassus smithi - Mexico
- Phassus tesselatus
- Phassus transversus - Brazil
- Phassus triangularis - Mexico
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