Species Gazoryctra lembertii - Hodges#0032

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 lembertii (Gazoryctra lembertii - Hodges#0032)

Hodges Number

0032

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gazoryctra lembertii (Dyar, 1894)

Hepialus lembertii Dyar, 1894

Numbers

There are ten named species of the genus Gazoryctra in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Dyar (1894) reported a wingspan of 31-33 mm.

Range

California. (1)

Syntype ♂, ♀ from "High Sierras", California, United States.

Season

June (1)

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1894. New Hepialus from California. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 5: 25.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 6:16pm

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