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Gazoryctra
Photo#171681
Copyright © 2008
Matt Goff
Mystery Moth -
Gazoryctra
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
August 6, 2004
Contributed by
Matt Goff
on 2 March, 2008 - 2:29am
Last updated 1 April, 2008 - 8:33pm
Hepialidae, Gazorycta near hyperboreus -- Ghost Moth
Goff, I'm paraphrasing the response I got from Dave Wagner about your three Ghost Moth photos. Jean-François Landry also looked at the photos. They both are in agreement that all three are species of Gazorycta. Dave Wagner adds: "Hepialids need to be dissected....or at least most do. Gazoryctra are highly polymorphic. Many species have yellow, tan, and pink forms. I would call [the other two photos] Gazoryctra near confusis. [This one is] possibly a form of confusis, but more likely Gazoryctra near hyperboreus."
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Bob Patterson
, 9 March, 2008 - 10:14pm
Just a guess
but it looks like one of the ghost moths. Take a look at the ones on
MPG
.
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tom murray
, 2 March, 2008 - 7:52am