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Species Gazoryctra hyperboreus - Hodges#0023

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Hepialoidea (Ghost Moths)
Family Hepialidae (Ghost Moths)
Genus Gazoryctra
Species hyperboreus (Gazoryctra hyperboreus - Hodges#0023)
Hodges Number
0023
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gazoryctra hyperboreus (Möschler, 1862)
Hepialus hyperboreus Moschler, 1862
Wagner & Tindale (1988) transferred to Gazoryctra (1)
Numbers
There are ten named species of the genus Gazoryctra in America north of Mexico.
Size
The wingspan is 38-45 mm.
Identification
Range
Alaska to Quebec; Colorado; south to Maine and Ohio in the eastern United States. (2), (3)
Season
The adults have one flight of June to early September. (2)
Life Cycle
Hymers (1912) reported the "drumming" behavior of the females to attract the males.
Remarks
Uncommon.
Print References
Holland, W.J., 1914. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America, 444. (3)
Hymers, H.D., 1912. Some notes on Hepialus hyperboreus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 81