Gazoryctra hyperboreus
Gazoryctra hyperboreus is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1862.[1] It is known in North America,[2] from New England and Quebec west to the foothills of Alberta.[3]
| Gazoryctra hyperboreus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Gazoryctra |
| Species: | G. hyperboreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gazoryctra hyperboreus (Moschler, 1862) | |
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The wingspan is 38 to 45 millimetres (1.5 to 1.8 in). The forewings are pink brown and crossed by a prominent silver-white band and two large irregular silver-white spots on the outer half of the costa, and another on the lower margin near the base. There is also a series of three to four small white spots along the outer margin. The hindwings are pink brown, suffused with grey. Adults are on wing from mid-August to early September in one generation per year.
References
- 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.
- mothphotographersgroup
- Anweiler, G. G. & Robinson, E. (November 14, 2003). "Species Details: Gazoryctra hyperborea". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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