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Phymatopus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are six described species scattered across the Northern Hemisphere, placed in two groups[1][1].
Species
Phymatopus Wallengren, 1869
- P. hecta Gold Swift - Europe
- P. japonicus - Japan
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- Food plant: Pteridium
- P. hectica - Eastern Russia
Phymatopus auctt. nec Wallengren, 1869
- P. behrensii - United States
- P. californicus - United States
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- Recorded food plants: Baccharis, Eriophyllum
- P. hectoides - United States
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- Recorded food plants: Baccharis, Horkelia, Scrophularia
Cited references
- ^ Nielsen, E.S., Robinson, G.S. and Wagner, D.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.
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