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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ghost Moths (Hepialoidea) » Ghost Moths (Hepialidae) » Gazoryctra » Gazoryctra hyperboreus - Hodges#0023 (Gazoryctra hyperboreus)

Species Gazoryctra hyperboreus - Hodges#0023

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

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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.

See Also

Gazoryctra mathewi

Gazoryctra pulcher

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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America. Holland, W.J. 1899. 1899. Doubleday & McClure Co., N.Y.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 August, 2013 - 8:39pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:57am

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