Trichophassus

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

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| name = Trichophassus giganteus

| image = Trichophassus giganteus 86018094.jpg

| image_caption = Trichophassus giganteus

| parent_authority = Le Cerf, 1919

| taxon = Trichophassus giganteus

| authority = (Herrich-Schaffer, [1853]){{cite journal |last1=Nielsen |first1=Ebbe S. |last2=Robinson |first2=Gaden S. |last3=Wagner |first3=David L. |year=2000 |title=Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )|journal=Journal of Natural History |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=823–878 |doi=10.1080/002229300299282 |s2cid=86004391 |url=http://johngrehan.net/files/1013/8578/1218/Nielsen_et_al_2000_Hepialidae.pdf}}

| synonyms =

• Epiolus giganteus Herrich-Schaffer, [1853]
• Phassus hayeki Foetterle, 1903

}}

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.