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

Phymatopus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Phymatopus
Species:
P. japonicus
Binomial name
Phymatopus japonicus
Inoue, 1982[1]

References edit

  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.