Zenophassus

Zenophassus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Zenophassus
Tindale, 1941
Species: Z. schamyl
Binomial name
Zenophassus schamyl
(Christoph, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus schamyl Christoph, 1888
  • Phassus schamyl

Zenophassus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is Z. schamyl of Georgia. The larva of this species feeds on grapevines.

References

  1. ↑ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282.


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