Gazoryctra wielgusi is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Arizona[2] and New Mexico.
Gazoryctra wielgusi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Gazoryctra |
Species: | G. wielgusi
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Binomial name | |
Gazoryctra wielgusi Wagner and Tindale, 1988[1]
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The length of the forewings is 15–18 mm. Adults are pink and silvery. They are on wing in July and August. [3]
References
edit- ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ An appraisal of Gazoryctra Hubner (Hepialidae) and description of a new species from Arizona and New Mexico[permanent dead link ]