Gazoryctra novigannus
| Gazoryctra novigannus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Gazoryctra |
| Species: | G. novigannus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gazoryctra novigannus (Barnes and Benjamin, [1926])[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gazoryctra novigannus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is known from North America, from Quebec, west to the Rocky Mountains[2] and south to Arizona.[3]
The wingspan is 30–43 mm. The forewings are brownish-pink, crossed by a silver-white band and with a few tiny white spots. The hindwings are crossed by one or two diffuse grey bands, or are suffused with light grey. Adults are on wing from early August to early September in one generation per year.
References
- ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
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