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Phymatopus japonicus

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Phymatopus japonicus
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P. japonicus
Binomial name
Phymatopus japonicus
Inoue, 1982[1]

Phymatopus japonicus is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Inoue in 1982, and is known from Japan, from which its species epithet is derived. The food plant for this species is Pteridium.

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. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.