Biology:Trichophassus
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Trichophassus giganteus | |
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| Trichophassus giganteus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Trichophassus Le Cerf, 1919 |
| Species: | T. giganteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichophassus giganteus (Herrich-Schaffer, [1853])[1]
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Trichophassus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is Trichophassus giganteus which is endemic to Brazil . The larva of this species has been recorded feeding on Adenocalymma, Eucalyptus, Ipomoea and Solanum.
References
- ↑ 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 )". Journal of Natural History 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. http://johngrehan.net/files/1013/8578/1218/Nielsen_et_al_2000_Hepialidae.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7840888 entry
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