Gazoryctra novigannus

Gazoryctra novigannus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Gazoryctra
Species:	G. novigannus
Binomial name
	Gazoryctra novigannus; (Barnes & Benjamin, [1926])[1]
Synonyms
	Hepialus novigannus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926]; Hepialus mackiei Barnes & Benjamin, [1926]; Gazoryctra novigana;

Gazoryctra novigannus is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1926. It is known in 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

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.
Anweiler, G. G.; Robinson, E. "Species Page - Gazoryctra novigannus". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
"110008.00 – 0029 – Gazoryctra novigannus – (Barnes & Benjamin, [1926])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

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[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.

[2] Anweiler, G. G.; Robinson, E. "Species Page - Gazoryctra novigannus". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

[3] "110008.00 – 0029 – Gazoryctra novigannus – (Barnes & Benjamin, [1926])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.