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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ghost Moths (Hepialoidea) » Ghost Moths (Hepialidae) » Gazoryctra » Gazoryctra novigannus - Hodges#0029 (Gazoryctra novigannus)

Species Gazoryctra novigannus - Hodges#0029

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Streaked Ghost Moth - Gazoryctra novigannus

Hepialidae: Gazoryctra novigannus - Gazoryctra novigannus

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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 novigannus (Gazoryctra novigannus - Hodges#0029)

Hodges Number

0029

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gazoryctra novigannus (Barnes & Benjamin, 1925)

Hepialus novigannus Barnes & Benjamin, 1925 (1)

Numbers

Gazoryctra has ten described species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 30-43 mm. (females largest)

Identification

Range

Alaska to Alberta and Idaho, south to Arizona(?). (3)

Habitat

Meadows and grasslands.

Season

Adults are most common from August to September. (3)

Food

Larval host is unknown, but other Gazoryctra species feed on the roots of grasses.

Remarks

Uncommon.

See Also

Gazoryctra wielgusi

Gazoryctra mathewi

Gazoryctra roseicaput

Gazoryctra pulcher

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Barnes, W. & Benjamin, F.H. 1925. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 2(2): 82.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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Works Cited

1.	An appraisal of Gazoryctra (Hubner) Hepialidae and description of a new species from Arizona and New Mexico. David L. Wagner, Norman D. Tindale. 1988. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 42(3): 204-212 .

2.	Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera) Ebbe S. Nielsen, Gaden S. Robinson, David L. Wagner. 2000. Journal of Natural History 34(6): 823-878.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 February, 2011 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 21 September, 2020 - 12:23pm

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