Gazoryctra roseicaput

Gazoryctra roseicaput
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Gazoryctra
Species:	G. roseicaput
Binomial name
	Gazoryctra roseicaput; (Neumoegen and Dyar, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
	Hepialus roseicaput Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893; Hepialus demutatus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926]; Hepialus mutatus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926];

Gazoryctra roseicaput is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. It is known from the mountains of western North America,[2] including Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alberta.[3]

The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are dull red brown with silvery-white spots on the forewings. The hindwings are unmarked. Adults are on wing in the last half of August.[4]

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.
"110004.00 – 0025 – Gazoryctra roseicaput – (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
Heiman, Maury J. (October 24, 2013). "Species Gazoryctra roseicaput - Hodges#0025". BugGuide. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
Anweiler, G. G.; Robinson, E. "Species Page - Gazoryctra roseicaput". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved June 12, 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] "110004.00 – 0025 – Gazoryctra roseicaput – (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[3] Heiman, Maury J. (October 24, 2013). "Species Gazoryctra roseicaput - Hodges#0025". BugGuide. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[4] Anweiler, G. G.; Robinson, E. "Species Page - Gazoryctra roseicaput". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved June 12, 2019.