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Phassus Walker, 1856
Phassus Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1549 (key), 1566, TS: Phassus argentiferus Walker
Phassus ; Godman & Salvin, 1887, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 232
Phassus (Hepialidae) ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 143

Phassus aurigenus Pfitzner, 1914
Costa Rica. See [About maps] Phassus aurigenus Pfitzner, 1914; Ent. Rundschau 31 (19): 110, TL: Costa Rica, Orosi, 1200m
Phassus aurigenus ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus basirei Schaus, 1890
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus basirei Schaus, 1890; Ent. Amer. 6 (3): 46, TL: Coatepec
Phassus basirei ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus championi Druce, 1887
Guatemala. See [About maps] Phassus championi Druce, 1887; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 233, 3: pl. 24, f. 11, TL: Guatemala, Purula 4000ft
Phassus championi ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus chrysodidyma Dyar, 1915
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus chrysodidyma Dyar, 1915; Ins. Inscit. menstr. 3 (5-7) : 85, TL: Mexico, Zacualpan
Phassus chrysodidyma ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus exclamationis Pfitzner, 1938
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus exclamationis Pfitzner, 1938; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6 : 1299
Phassus exclamationis ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus huebneri (Geyer, [1838])
Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica. See [About maps] Pharmacis hübneri Geyer, [1838]; in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: 53, : pl. [53], f. 1-2
= Phassus triangularis ; [NHM]
Phassus argentiferus Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1566, TL: Mexico
= ; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144
Phassus pedipogon Strand, 1916; Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 25, pl. 15, f. 6, TL: Costa Rica
= ; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144
Phassus argentiferus ; Godman & Salvin, 1887, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 233; [NHM]
Phassus pedipogon ; [NHM]
Phassus hubneri ;
Phassus huebneri ; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus marcius Druce, 1892
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus marcius Druce, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 9 (52) : 278, TL: Mexico, near Durango City
Phassus marcius ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus n-signatus Weymer, 1907
Guatemala. See [About maps] Phassus n-signatus Weymer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2) : 37, TL: Guatemala
Phassus n-signatus ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus phalerus Druce, 1887
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus phalerus Druce, 1887; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 233, 3: pl. 24, f. 8, TL: Mexico, Jalapa
Phassus phalerus ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus pharus (Druce, 1887)
Guatemala, Costa Rica. See [About maps] Hepialus pharus Druce, 1887; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 232, 3: pl. 24, f. 12, TL: Guatemala, Las Mercedes 3000ft, Dueñas; Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000-7000ft
Hepialus pharus ; [NHM]
Phassus pharus ; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus rosulentus Weymer, 1907
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus rosulentus Weymer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2) : 35, TL: Mexico, Jalapa
Phassus rosulentus ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

Phassus triangularis H. Edwards, 1885
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus triangularis H. Edwards, 1885; Ent. Amer. 1 (7) : 129, TL: Mexico, Jalapa
Phassus triangularis f. triangularides Pfitzner, 1938; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6 : 1299, pl. 100 c, TL: Mexico
= ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144
Phassus triangularis ; Godman & Salvin, 1887, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 233; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 144

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?Phassus costaricensis Druce, 1887
Costa Rica. See [About maps] Phassus costaricensis Druce, 1887; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 234, 3: pl. 24, f. 4, TL: Costa Rica
Phassus costaricensis ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 151 (incertae sedis)

?Phassus eldorado Pfitzner, 1906
Venezuela. See [About maps] Phassus eldorado Pfitzner, 1906; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 18 (2) : 276, TL: Venezuela, Merida
Phassus eldorado ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 151 (incertae sedis)

?Phassus guianensis Schaus, 1940
British Guiana Phassus guianensis Schaus, 1940; Zoologica 25 (1) : 83, 88, TL: British Guiana, Kartabo
Phassus guianensis ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 151 (incertae sedis)

?Phassus pretiosus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1856])
Brazil. See [About maps] Epialus[sic] pretiosus Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1: 57, 1 (23-25): pl. 88, f. 505, TL: Brazil
Epialus[sic] plusia Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1: 57
= ; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 151
Hepialus pretiosus ; [NHM]
Phassus pretiosus ; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 151 (incertae sedis)

?Phassus smithi Druce, 1889
Mexico. See [About maps] Phassus smithi Druce, 1889; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 4 (19) : 92, TL: Mexico, Atoyac, Vera Cruz
Phassus smithi ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 151 (incertae sedis)

?Phassus transversus Walker, 1856
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Phassus transversus Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1567, TL: Rio de Janeiro
Phassus transversus ; [NHM]; Mielke & Grehan, 2012, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 152 (incertae sedis)


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index


Some related literature:
Druce, 1889
Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Central America Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 4 (19) : 77-94
Druce, 1892
Description of a new Genus and some new Speices of Heterocera from Central America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 9 (52) : 275-279
Dyar, 1915
New American Lepidoptera chiefly from Mexico Ins. Inscit. menstr. 3 (5-7) : 79-85
H. Edwards, 1885
Notes on Mexican Lepidoptera, with descriptions of New Species Ent. Amer. 1 (7) : 128-129
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1887; Godman & Salvin, 1887
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Heterocera (Nachfalter) Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1 (1): pl. 1-4, f. 1-17 (1853), 1 (2): pl. 5-8, f. 18-38 (1853), 1 (3): pl. 9-12, f. 39-51 (1853), 1 (4): pl. 13-16, f. 52-76 (1853), 1 (5): pl. 17-20, f. 77-97 (1854), 1 (6): pl. 21-24, f. 98-114 (1854), 1 (7): pl. [25-28], f. 115-138 (1854), 1 (8): pl. [29-32], f. 139-153 (1854), 1 (9): pl. [33-36], f. 154-173 (1854), 1 (10): pl. [37-40], f. 174-201 (1854), 1 (11): pl. [41-44], f. 202-231 (1854), 1 (12): pl. [45-48], f. 232-258 (1854), 1 (13-17): pl. 49-68, f. 259-390 (1855), 1 (?18): pl. [69], f. 391-396 (1858), 1 (?19): pl. [70], f. 397-403 (1858), 1 (?20-21): pl. 71-78, f. 404-451 (1855), 1 (?22): pl. [79], f. 452-458 (1858), 1 (23-25): pl. 80-94, f. 459-540 (1856), 1 (26): pl. [95-96], f. 541-551 (1858), 1: 1-52 (1856), 1: 53-84 (1858), 2: pl. [97-100], f. 552-571 (1869)
Geyer, [1838]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 3 ([1827] - [1838]) in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : pl. [9], [11], [21], [26-27], [32], [43], [45] (1827), : pl. [7], [13], [35], [42] (1828), : pl. [20], [22], [37-38] (1829), : pl. [17], [24], [41], [49] (1830), : pl. [30] (1831), : pl. [25], [28], [31], [44], [50-51] (1832), : pl. [5-6], [14-16], [29], [48], [52], [54] (1833), : pl. [1], [12], [18] (1834), : pl. [2-4], [10], [19], [23], [39], [46] (1835), : pl. [40] (1836-1837), : pl. [8], [33-34], [36], [47], [53] (1838)
Mielke & Grehan, 2012
Catalogue of the Latin American Hepialidae with taxonomic remarks (Lepidoptera) Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo N.F. 32 (3/4) : 131-158
Pfitzner, 1906
Zwei neue Hepialiden aus Süd-America Dt. ent. Z. Iris 18 (2) : 276-277
Pfitzner, 1914
Neue Hepialiden Ent. Rundschau 31 (17): 95-96, (18): 105-106, (19): 110
Schaus, 1890
New species of Mexican Lepidoptera Ent. Amer. 6 (1): 18-20, (3): 45-47
Schaus, 1940
New species of British Guiana Heterocera Zoologica 25 (1) : 83-88
Pfitzner in Seitz, 1938
Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer (186 pls) Gross-Schmett. Erde 6 : 1-32 (1913), : 33-192 (1915), : 193-240 (1917), : 249-280 (1918), : 241-248,281-320 (1919), : 321-336 (1920), : 337-376 (1921), : 377-416 (1922), : 417-424 (1924), : 425-528 (1925), : 529-616 (1927), : 617-672 (1928), : 673-768 (1929), : 769-840 (1930), : 841-904 (1931), : 905-1016 (1932), : 1017-1048 (1933), : 1049-1088 (1934), : 1089-1112 (1935), : 1137-1256 (1936), : 1113-1136,1257-1296 (1937), : 1297-1304 (1938), : 1305-1328 (1939), : 1329-1452 (1940)
Strand, 1916
Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Lepidoptera aus der Sammlung W. Niepelt Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 1-26, pl. 13-17
Walker, 1856
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 583-775 (1855), 4: 777-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Weymer, 1907
Exotische Lepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2) : 1-51, pl. 1-2


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